Sack of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Date: March 30, 1296 • Location: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, United Kingdom

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1296.

Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.

Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly referred to as the Lord Edward.