Qualla: Battle of Piperdean https://qualla.com/battle-of-piperdean en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Piperdean https://qualla.com/battle-of-piperdean Battle of Piperdean: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-piperdean/ The smart move at the Battle of Piperdean was to start it. William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Warden of the Scottish Marches, had captured Dunbar Castle the previous summer from the forfeited George de Dunbar. In September 1435 the dispossessed earl came north to take it back, in company with Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and around 4,000 English soldiers. Angus had a force of similar size and a clear choice: sit at Dunbar and undergo siege, or ride south and meet Percy on the march. He rode south. The surprise was complete enough that English chroniclers would later record 1,500 dead, including 40 knights, against 200 Scots casualties. The Border country had its share of small wars; this was one of the more decisive.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/q/battle-of-piperdean-wp/gcyq-battle-of-piperdean-the-spoil-and-the-surprise.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Piperdean: What the Chronicles Disagree On https://qualla.com/battle-of-piperdean/ Medieval battle accounts swelled and shrank with the chronicler's politics. The Scottish writers liked Piperdean. They put English losses at 1,500 and called it an overwhelming victory. The English versions were briefer and less specific. Gerald Brenan, writing a Percy family his...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/q/battle-of-piperdean-wp/gcyq-battle-of-piperdean-what-the-chronicles-disagree-on.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Piperdean: The Wider War https://qualla.com/battle-of-piperdean/ Piperdean was a holding action in a longer war. Henry Percy did not stay defeated. Within months he marched north again to relieve the siege of Roxburgh Castle, which James I of Scotland was personally directing. Roxburgh held; the Scots withdrew; the Borders settled back into th...

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