May 1544
Capture of Leith
Seymour captures & burns Leith
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Leith in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Seymour captures & burns Leith
Seymour captures & burns Leith
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, commands the English expedition that lands at Leith.
Hertford's army lands at Leith during the punitive expedition ordered by Henry VIII.
Hertford's expedition lands at Leith to punish Scotland for rejecting Henry VIII's marriage policy.
English forces take Leith as the expedition advances toward Edinburgh.
French troops arrive at Leith to support Scotland against English occupation during the Rough Wooing.
French forces are starved into submission at Leith
English and Scottish Protestant forces begin formal operations against Leith
English assault on Leith fails with heavy casualties
Elizabeth's forces suffer a costly failure during the assault on Leith
Treaty terms end the siege and prepare for English withdrawal
English military operations end under the Edinburgh settlement
The campaign that began under the Treaty of Berwick ends after Edinburgh terms
English troops withdraw after the Treaty of Edinburgh
Grey withdraws English troops after the peace settlement
Elizabeth's forces withdraw after the treaty requires foreign troops to leave Scotland
Helps secure Leith as Parliamentarian forces consolidate around Edinburgh.
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