Battle of Newburn

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The Battle of Newburn was a 1640 engagement during the Second Bishops' War in which the Scottish Covenanter army defeated English forces and secured a strategic crossing of the River Tyne, paving the way for their occupation of Newcastle.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Newburn canonical 2
Battle of Newburn Ford 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Newburn Ford ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Newburn
belligerent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
cause Scottish opposition to Charles I's religious policies ⓘ
dispute over control of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
combatant English royal forces ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
commander Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Lord Conway ⓘ
Sir Thomas Lunsford ⓘ
conflict Second Bishops' War ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars
consequence English defeat in the Second Bishops' War ⓘ
contributed to the calling of the Long Parliament ⓘ
occupation of Newcastle by Scottish forces ⓘ
pressure on Charles I to negotiate with the Scots ⓘ
country England ⓘ
date 28 August 1640 ⓘ
EnglishPosition earthworks on the south bank of the River Tyne ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Ripon ⓘ
historicalPeriod early reign of Charles I of England ⓘ
location Newburn ⓘ
River Tyne ⓘ
near Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
objective secure a crossing of the River Tyne ⓘ
outcome Scots opened the road to Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
Scots secured the Newburn fords ⓘ
partOf Second Bishops' War ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars
precededBy Battle of Newburn skirmishing and manoeuvres in northern England ⓘ
relatedTo Bishops' Wars ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
result Scottish victory ⓘ
ScottishPosition north bank of the River Tyne ⓘ
significance gave Scots control of coal supplies from Newcastle ⓘ
helped escalate tensions leading to the English Civil War ⓘ
weakened Charles I's financial position ⓘ
strength around 20,000 Scottish troops ⓘ
around 4,000–5,000 English troops ⓘ
tactic Scottish artillery bombardment of English positions ⓘ
Scottish river crossing at fords ⓘ
theatre Northern England ⓘ
year 1640 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Covenanter army → notableBattle → Battle of Newburn ⓘ
Battle of Newburn → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Newburn Ford ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Newburn