Two and a half weeks before this battle, the man who would lose it burned the fortress of Norham in retaliation for John "the Bastard" Heron's murder of Robert Kerr.  While that man dallied with Elizabeth Heron at Ford Castle, the man who would beat him went from Pontefact to Wooler, assembling his army.  After the English crossed the River Till on September 9, they assembled at the foot of Branxton Hill, where the 15-foot spears employed by the losing army proved to be no match for the 8-foot "long bills" of the victors.  Over 10,000 Scots, including the king, were killed in this battle, which was a decisive triumph for a lieutenant of Henry VIII, the Earl of Surrey.  FTP, name this battle in which James IV was def
Two and a half weeks before this battle, the man who would lose it burned the fortress of Norham in retaliation for John "the Bastard" Heron's murder of Robert Kerr.  While that man dallied with Elizabeth Heron at Ford Castle, the man who would beat him went from Pontefact to Wooler, assembling his army.  After the English crossed the River Till on September 9, they assembled at the foot of Branxton Hill, where the 15-foot spears employed by the losing army proved to be no match for the 8-foot "long bills" of the victors.  Over 10,000 Scots, including the king, were killed in this battle, which was a decisive triumph for a lieutenant of Henry VIII, the Earl of Surrey.  FTP, name this battle in which James IV was defeated, which ended a Scottish invasion of England in 1513.
Two and a half weeks before this battle, the man who would lose it burned the fortress of Norham in retaliation for John "the Bastard" Heron's murder of Robert Kerr.  
the battle of Flodden Field