4th August
August 4, 1327
Sir James Douglas, “the Black Douglas,” leads a raid into Weardale
England and almost kills King Edward III. I’m glad he didn’t. I am
descended from both of them! From here on the night of 4 August Douglas
led an assault party across the river in a surprise attack on the
sleeping English, later described in a French eye-witness account;
The Lord James Douglas took with him about two hundred men-at-arms, and
passed the river far off from the host so that he was not perceived: and
suddenly he broke into the English host about midnight crying 'Douglas!'
'Douglas!' 'Ye shall all die thieves of England'; and he slew three
hundred men, some in their beds and some scarcely ready: and he stroke
his horse with spurs, and came to the King's tent, always crying
'Douglas!', and stroke asunder two or three cords of the King's tent.
Panic and confusion spread throughout the camp: Edward himself
only narrowly escaped capture, his own pastor being killed in his
defence. The Battle of Stanhope Park, minor as it was, was a serious
humiliation, and after the Scots outflanked their enemy the following
night, heading back to the border, Edward is said to have wept in
impotent rage. His army retired to York and disbanded. With no other
recourse Mortimer and Isabella opened peace negotiations, finally
concluded the following year with the Treaty of Northampton, which
recognized the Bruce monarchy and the independence of Scotland.
The Complete Peerage, 2000, Microprint Edition, Sutton Publishing
Gloucester. ISBN 0-904387-82-8. Vol. V, pg. 696.
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