Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, 10 September 1547. The Herald delivering a Challenge to single combat from Lord Huntly to the Duke of Somerset
Illustration from history of England by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company circa 1880. An attempt before the battle of Pinkie to minimise the deaths & casualties. Huntly is said to have sent a herald To ‘avoid the effusion of christian blood,’ and offered to ‘encounter him twenty to twenty, ten to ten, or even man to man,’ but Somerset declined the challenge. Info from Wiki: The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scottish and English armies, it was part of the conflict known as the Rough Wooing, and is considered to be the first modern battle in the British Isles. It was a catastrophic defeat for Scotland, where it became known as Black Saturday.
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