1388
Battle of Otterburn
Percy is captured & held for ransom by the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn. A victory for the Scots, led by James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas over Harry Hotspur, son of the Earl of Northumberland
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Otterburn in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Percy is captured & held for ransom by the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn. A victory for the Scots, led by James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas over Harry Hotspur, son of the Earl of Northumberland
War between the Scots and English turns into a feud between the Douglases & the Percys. Percy is captured & held for ransom by the Scots, Lord Montgomery, at Otterburn
Ralph Percy, the brother of Hotspur, is arrested & made prisoner by the Earl Mareschal
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrived at Ponteland where they met groups of men fleeing from the battlefield which demoralised them
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Otterburn. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.