Qualla: Battle of Halidon Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/t/battle-of-halidon-hill-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Halidon Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill Battle of Halidon Hill: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill/ Photo credit Rathfelder, CC BY-SA 4.0. Thomas Seton was hanged in sight of his parents on the walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The young man had been given as a hostage in a truce, his father was the governor of the town, and when the truce ran out without relief, Edward III had the gallows built where the boy's mother could not look away. The English king was nineteen years old and already understood spectacle. Five days later, on 19 July 1333, the Scottish relief army would climb the wrong hill at the wrong time, and somewhere between two and three thousand of them would die in the marsh below Halidon Hill while Berwick's defenders watched from the ramparts they could no longer save.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/t/battle-of-halidon-hill-wp/gcyt-battle-of-halidon-hill-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Halidon Hill: The King Without a Country https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill/ Photo credit Chroniques de Jean Froissart, Public domain. Edward Balliol had been crowned king of Scotland at Scone in September 1332 and ambushed in his nightshirt at the Battle of Annan three months later. He fled to England on horseback - one chronicle says naked - and threw himself on the protection of Edward III, who had been quiet...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/t/battle-of-halidon-hill-wp/gcyt-battle-of-halidon-hill-the-king-without-a-country.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Halidon Hill: The Hostage https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill/ Photo credit Andrew Bowden from London, United Kingdon, CC BY-SA 2.0. By June the walls were crumbling under the trebuchets and the water supply had been cut. Sir Alexander Seton, the governor, asked for a short truce. Edward agreed on one condition - if Berwick was not relieved by 11 July, it would surrender, and twelve hostages would be held to g...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/t/battle-of-halidon-hill-wp/gcyt-battle-of-halidon-hill-the-hostage.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Halidon Hill: The Wrong Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill/ Photo credit Taras Young, CC BY-SA 4.0. Douglas marched east, devastated Tweedmouth in sight of the English army, and Edward did not move. He marched south to besiege Bamburgh Castle, where Queen Philippa was staying. Edward did not move. Time was running out for Berwick. By 18 July the Scottish army had reached Duns. ...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/t/battle-of-halidon-hill-wp/gcyt-battle-of-halidon-hill-the-wrong-hill.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Halidon Hill: Like Motes in a Sunbeam https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill/ Photo credit Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey data, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Scots came downhill, splashed through the marsh, and started the climb. The English longbowmen were waiting. The Lanercost Chronicle records the moment: "The Scots who marched in the front were so wounded in the face and blinded by the multitude of English arrows that they co...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/t/battle-of-halidon-hill-wp/gcyt-battle-of-halidon-hill-like-motes-in-a-sunbeam.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Halidon Hill: Aftermath https://qualla.com/battle-of-halidon-hill/ Photo credit John McLaren Ralston (1849-1883), Public domain. Of the nine most senior Scots present, six were killed - including Archibald Douglas, the Guardian of the Realm himself. One account claims that of 203 men knighted on the morning of the battle, only five lived to see sunset. The total Scottish dead was probably around 2,900, tho...

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