Battle #1 The BATTLE of FLODDEN FIELD 1513 #0003

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As I work through my Scottish Ancestors, I've started to make a list of all those who had fought and died at FLODDEN FIELD WIKI, near Branxton, Northumberland. It was a bloodbath!

Photo (c) by Ronnie Leask found on Geograph / 1092815

So far the dead include (with approximate ages in order) :


Age 61    ARCHIBALD EDMONSTONE

Age 53    MATTHEW STEWART, 2nd Earl of Lennox WIKI

Age 52    WILLIAM LESLIE, 3rd Earl of Rothes WIKI

Age 48    ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, 2nd Earl of Argyll WIKI

Age c48   JAMES STEWART of Traquair

Age c45  JOHN ROSS, 2nd Lord Ross of Halkhead WIKI

Age c43  ANDREW STEWART, 1st Lord Avandale WIKI

Age 40    JAMES IV, King of Scotland WIKI

Age 36    WILLIAM MAITLAND of Lethington

Age 33    WALTER LINDSAY

Age 33    JOHN MONCREIFFE, 9th of that Ilk

Age 32    WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 6th Baron of Drumlanrig

Age 32    ALEXANDER STEWART, 4th of Garlies 


Hopefully, biographies of all these brave men to come...




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