Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSir Archibald Douglas of Liddesdale 
Birthabt 1297
Death19 Jul 1333, Battle of Halidon Hill, Scotland
FatherSir William “le Hardi” Douglas , Lord of Douglas (~1256-1299)
MotherEleanor de Louvaine (-~1326)
Misc. Notes
Battle of Halidon Hill
Under the command of Sir Archibald’s nephew, Archibald “The Grim”, Lord Douglas, the Scottish forces marched upon Berwick, which was under continued siege by the forces of English King Edward III. After a persistent campaign of harrying the English throughout Northumberland, Lord Douglas and his 14,000 or so men met Edward III's three divisions on a small sloping section of ground. The English archers continually fired upon the charging Scots spearmen, decimating their aggressive charge. Reports after the battle cited Scots bodies strewn for five full miles; these included Sir Archibald and hos nephew Lord Douglas and other notable Scottish gentlemen.
The English army had the advantage of elevation. The archers fired volleys of arrows downhill at the huge 14,700 strong Scottish horde swarming towards them, which struggled to extricate itself from marshy ground at the foot of the hill. The Scottish spearmen were no match for the longbow men, and were picked off with sickening rapidity. Once the archers had subdued the advance of the Scottish army, the English knights mounted and charged the remaining attackers with sword, mace and lance to completely rout the Scots.
Four thousand Scots lay dead along with Sir Archibald Douglas, Sir Adam Gordon of Berwickshire, 6 Scottish earls, 70 Scottish barons, 500 knights and many spearmen. The English had a loss of 14 men. The longbow of South Wales had, as in the time of Edward I, decimated the Scottish and was later to be used with such devastating results at Crecy, Poitiers and even later, Agincourt.
Under the command of Sir Archibald’s nephew, Archibald “The Grim”, Lord Douglas, the Scottish forces marched upon Berwick, which was under continued siege by the forces of English King Edward III. After a persistent campaign of harrying the English throughout Northumberland, Lord Douglas and his 14,000 or so men met Edward III's three divisions on a small sloping section of ground. The English archers continually fired upon the charging Scots spearmen, decimating their aggressive charge. Reports after the battle cited Scots bodies strewn for five full miles; these included Sir Archibald and hos nephew Lord Douglas and other notable Scottish gentlemen.
The English army had the advantage of elevation. The archers fired volleys of arrows downhill at the huge 14,700 strong Scottish horde swarming towards them, which struggled to extricate itself from marshy ground at the foot of the hill. The Scottish spearmen were no match for the longbow men, and were picked off with sickening rapidity. Once the archers had subdued the advance of the Scottish army, the English knights mounted and charged the remaining attackers with sword, mace and lance to completely rout the Scots.
Four thousand Scots lay dead along with Sir Archibald Douglas, Sir Adam Gordon of Berwickshire, 6 Scottish earls, 70 Scottish barons, 500 knights and many spearmen. The English had a loss of 14 men. The longbow of South Wales had, as in the time of Edward I, decimated the Scottish and was later to be used with such devastating results at Crecy, Poitiers and even later, Agincourt.