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Battle of Neville's Cross, the Glossary

The Battle of Neville's Cross took place during the Second War of Scottish Independence on 17 October 1346, half a mile (800 m) to the west of Durham, England.^[1]

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1346 in England
1346 in Scotland
14th-century military history of Scotland
Conflicts in 1346
Military history of County Durham
Registered historic battlefields in England
Scottish invasions of England

Andrew of Wyntoun

Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun, was a Scottish poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf's Inch and, later, a canon of St. Andrews.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Annuity

In investment, an annuity is a series of payments made at equal intervals.

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Archbishop of York

The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury.

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Auld Alliance

The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance") was an alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France against England made in 1295.

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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England.

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Battle (formation)

A battle or bataille was a division of a medieval army.

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The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King PhilipnbspVI and an English army led by King Edward III. Battle of Neville's Cross and Battle of Crécy are 1346 in England, battles of the Hundred Years' War and conflicts in 1346.

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Battle of Dupplin Moor

The Battle of Dupplin Moor was fought between supporters of King David II of Scotland, the son of King Robert Bruce, and English-backed invaders supporting Edward Balliol, son of King John I of Scotland, on 11 August 1332.

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Battle of Halidon Hill

The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas attacked an English army commanded by King Edward III of England and was heavily defeated. Battle of Neville's Cross and Battle of Halidon Hill are battles between England and Scotland and Registered historic battlefields in England.

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Bearpark

Bearpark is a village and civil parish in County Durham in England.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Carlisle

Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England.

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County of Flanders

The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is an area of Northern England which was historically a county and is now fully part of Cumbria.

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Cuthbert

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (– 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.

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David de la Hay

Sir David de la Hay (c. 1318–1346) was Lord High Constable of Scotland.

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David II of Scotland

David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371.

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Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England.

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Durham, England

Durham (locally) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England.

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Earl Marischal

The title of Earl Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland.

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Edward III (play)

The Raigne of King Edward the Third, commonly shortened to Edward III, is an Elizabethan play printed anonymously in 1596, and at least partly written by William Shakespeare.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377.

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Edward the Black Prince

Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), known to history as the Black Prince, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, succeeded to the throne instead. Edward nevertheless earned distinction as one of the most successful English commanders during the Hundred Years' War, being regarded by his English contemporaries as a model of chivalry and one of the greatest knights of his age.

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France in the Middle Ages

The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions), and the creation and extension of administrative/state control (notably under Philip II Augustus and Louis IX) in the 13th century; and the rise of the House of Valois (1328–1589), including the protracted dynastic crisis against the House of Plantagenet and their Angevin Empire, culminating in the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) (compounded by the catastrophic Black Death in 1348), which laid the seeds for a more centralized and expanded state in the early modern period and the creation of a sense of French identity.

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Gascony

Gascony (Gascogne; Gasconha; Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453).

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Hanged, drawn and quartered

To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272).

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Henry Percy, 2nd Baron Percy

Henry Percy, 9th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick (6 February 1301 – 26 February 1352) was the son of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick, and Eleanor Fitzalan, daughter of Sir Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel, and sister of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.

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Henry V (play)

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599.

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Hexham Abbey

Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Andrew, in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in the North East of England.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Hobelar

Hobelars were a type of light cavalry, or mounted infantry, used in Western Europe during the Middle Ages for skirmishing.

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Holyrood (cross)

The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died.

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Humber

The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

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John de Coupland

John de Coupland (died 1363), also known as John Copeland, was the squire from Northumberland who captured David II of Scotland after the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346.

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John de Roxburgh

John de Roxburgh (died 1346) was a Scottish clerk and soldier who was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland, fought and was killed in the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346.

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John Graham, Earl of Menteith

John Graham, Earl of Menteith (died 28 February 1347) was a Scottish nobleman.

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John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (died 17 October 1346) was an important figure in the reign of David II of Scotland, and was for a time joint Regent of Scotland.

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John the Baptist

John the Baptist (–) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English.

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Kirk Merrington

Kirk Merrington is a village in County Durham, in England.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Lanercost Chronicle

The Lanercost Chronicle is a northern English history covering the years 1201 to 1346.

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Liddel Strength

Liddel Strength is an ancient monument near Carwinley, Cumbria, in northwest England.

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Longbow

A longbow is a type of tall bow that makes a fairly long draw possible.

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Looting

Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting.

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Lord Warden of the Marches

The Lord Warden of the Marches was an office in the governments of Scotland and England.

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Maiden's Bower

Maiden's Bower is a Bronze Age round cairn built in Flass Vale Nature Reserve, in Durham, England.

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Mark (currency)

The mark was a currency or unit of account in many states.

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Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn

Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn (1276–1346), also known as Maurice Moray or Murray, was a Scottish nobleman.

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Neville's Cross

Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in County Durham, England.

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Niall Bruce of Carrick

Niall Bruce of Carrick (died 17 October 1346), was a 14th-century Scottish noble.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Northumberland

Northumberland is a ceremonial county in North East England, bordering Scotland.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Parole

Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or else they may be rearrested and returned to prison.

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Patrick V, Earl of March

Patrick de Dunbar, 9th Earl of March,Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.iv:74 (c. 1285–1369) was a prominent Scottish magnate during the reigns of Robert the Bruce and David II.

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Perth, Scotland

Perth (Scottish English:; Peairt) is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay.

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Philip VI of France

Philip VI (Philippe; 1293 – 22 August 1350), called the Fortunate (le Fortuné) or the Catholic (le Catholique) and of Valois (de Valois) was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 1328 until his death in 1350.

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Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville

Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (– 5 August 1367) was an English aristocrat, the son of Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby by Eupheme de Clavering.

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Retail Price Index

In the United Kingdom, the Retail Prices Index or Retail Price Index (RPI) is a measure of inflation published monthly by the Office for National Statistics.

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Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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River Browney

The River Browney is a river in County Durham, England, and the largest tributary of the River Wear.

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Robert II of Scotland

Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390.

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Robert III Keith, Marischal of Scotland

Sir Robert Keith (died 1346) was a Scottish nobleman and a hereditary Great Marischal of Scotland.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Raibeart am Brusach), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329.

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Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Scotland (Naomh Maighréad; Saunt Marget), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen.

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Schiltron

A schiltron (also spelled sheltron, sceld-trome, schiltrom, or shiltron) is a compact body of troops forming a battle array, shield wall or phalanx. Battle of Neville's Cross and schiltron are 14th-century military history of Scotland.

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Second War of Scottish Independence

The Second War of Scottish Independence broke out in 1332, when Edward Balliol led an English-backed invasion of Scotland. Battle of Neville's Cross and Second War of Scottish Independence are 14th-century military history of Scotland.

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Siege of Calais (1346–1347)

The siege of Calais (4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347) occurred at the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, when an English army under the command of King Edward III of England successfully besieged the French town of Calais during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. Battle of Neville's Cross and siege of Calais (1346–1347) are 1346 in England and conflicts in 1346.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neville's_Cross

Also known as Battle of Durham, Battle of Nevill's Cross, Battle of Nevilles Cross, The Battle of Neville's Cross.

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See also

1346 in England

1346 in Scotland

14th-century military history of Scotland

Conflicts in 1346

Military history of County Durham

Registered historic battlefields in England

Scottish invasions of England

References