00:00Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry,
00:08Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified
00:14in 1454. When George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the
00:20site. His son, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, was coerced into ceding the castle
00:25to the Crown. The main towerhouse forming the centre of the castle with four floors
00:30was built by Andrew, 2nd Lord Grey, who was granted the castle in 1490. The castle saw
00:36military action during the 16th Century War of the Rough Wooing. After the Battle of Pinkie
00:41in September 1547, it was surrendered by purchase to the English by its owner, Lord Grey of
00:47Fooley, a messenger from the castle, Rinyan, Ninian, Cockburn, who spoke to the English
00:52Supreme Commander the Duke of Somerset before the castle was rendered was given a £4 reward.
00:58The Scottish keeper, Henry Durham, was rewarded with an English pension, income from fishing,
01:03and an import-export licence. Durham later lent the English commander £138, William
01:09Patton. The English writer who accompanied Somerset, noted the castle's strategic importance.
01:15The position of the old castle itself was advantageous to modern warfare. As it was
01:20discovered that the swift river current made naval bombardment impractical. Soon after
01:25taking possession, the English garrison further fortified Broughty by building a ditch across
01:30the landward side of the castle's promontory. Edward Clinton began the refortification,
01:35on the advice of an Italian engineer, Master John Rossetti, and left 100 men guarded by
01:41three ships. William Bruce of Earlshall feared the English would build an outpost on the
01:45south say of the Tay. The garrison was first led by Sir Andrew Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland's
01:51brother, who hoped to distribute Tyndale's Bible in Dundee. Andrew Dudley wrote in October
01:561547, as for soldiers. There was never man had so weak a company, given all to eating
02:02and drinking and slothfulness, although, the house stands well. His garrison included Italian
02:07and Spanish soldiers. And he hoped that Grey of Wilton would send him an expert French
02:12surgeon. The town of Dundee agreed to support the garrison and resist the governor of Scotland,
02:17Regent Arran on the 27th October 1547. The constable of Dundee, John Scrimgore, and the
02:24bellies and council signed the agreement, although under the duress of Dudley's two
02:27gunships. Portrait of John Luttrell by Hans Eworth. 1550 Andrew Dudley was succeeded by
02:34John Luttrell who had been the commander at Inchcombe. On the 11th of May 1548, the English
02:39commander at Haddington. Grey of Wilton wrote to Luttrell that he could not expect more
02:44supplies because of the expected French fleet. Grey of Wilton warned him against Scottish
02:49assassins in June, and Somerset required him to dismiss the German mercenaries in his command.
02:55There was some relief for Luttrell, as Lord Methven took away the guns of the Scottish
02:59counterbattery for redeployment at the siege of Haddington on the 6th June 1548. Meanwhile,
03:05Luttrell had been ordered to build a new fortification on an adjacent site. In November
03:10he wrote to Somerset describing the progress of this work explaining that the ramparts
03:14made from turf were unstable and could not be strengthened. Luttrell said his enemies
03:18would not need guns, for there shall find HYTT fallen down ready to their hands. In
03:24December 1548, Patrick, Lord Grey of Fooley, was summoned to account for his treasons against
03:30the government of Scotland, and although the French commanders argued for his execution,
03:34he was eventually pardoned at Regent Arran's command.
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