Norman MacDougall

Thomas Stanley – warrior! (A little-known military exploit by our hero.)

Feb 21, 2023

anniversaries, battles, genealogy

Douglas clan, Isle of Man, James II, Kings of Man, Kircudbright, Norman MacDougall, Scotland, Stanleys, Thomas Stanley, truces

In 1456 the aggressive King of Scots, James II, sent an armed expedition against the Isle of Man. As is well-known, Man was at this time a private lordship owned by the then Stanleys, who was known as ‘King of Man.’ Retaliation was swift and led by Stanley’s son, Thomas – yes, he of Bosworth…
THE ANGLO SCOTTISH WAR 1480-82

Nov 30, 2016

anniversaries, battles

AJ Pollard, Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany, Anzio, Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus, Bamburgh, Berwick, Canon Alexander Leigh, Carlisle, Cecilia, Charles Ross, Charles the Bold, chevauchee, Cheviot Hill, Commines, Cora Scofield, Cordingham, Crowland, Dockray, Dumfries, Dunbar, E. Nesbit, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Oxford, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward Woodville, Froissart, George Buck, George Duke of Clarence, Hedgeley Moor, Henry VI, Hewitt, Hexham, Hicks, J.D. Mackie, James III, James IV, John Ashdown-Hill, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Kincaid, Lancastrians, Lauder, Leith, Lord Linton, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Margaret of Scotland, Marie of Guelders, Marquess of Montagu, Michael K Jones, Middleham, naval fleet, Neville’s Cross, Nevilles, Norham, Norman MacDougall, Nottingham, Otterburn, Paul Murray Kendall, peace treaties, pensions, Percies, Picquigny, Readeption, Reivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Lord Boyd, Roxburgh, Salerno, Scotland, Scottish Marches, Sean Cunningham, Sheriff Hutton, siege of Edinburgh, Simon Payling, Sir Robert Plumpton, Sir Thomas Fulford, Stirling, Thomas Howard, Thomas Lord Stanley, Topcliffe, Towton, Treaty of Lincluden, York

Richard duke of Gloucester – The King’s Lieutenant in the North “And he governed those countries very wisely and justly in time of peace and war and preserved concord and amity between the Scots and English so much as he could. But the breaches between them could not so strongly be made up to…

Norman MacDougall

Thomas Stanley – warrior! (A little-known military exploit by our hero.)

THE ANGLO SCOTTISH WAR 1480-82