Flodden
a village of England, Northumberland county, near the Scottish border, 5 miles S. E. of Coldstream; memorable as being the scene of the battle of Flodden Field, one of the most sanguinary conflicts recorded in British history. James IV., King of Scotland, having invaded England with a large force, was encountered here, Sept. 9. 1513, by an English army under the Earl of Surrey. James, who was destitute of every martial quality except bravery, was killed, and his army totally defeated.
The loss on the part of the Scots was extremely great. Besides the king himself, no fewer than 12 earls, 13 barons, and 5 eldest sons of peers, with a vast number of knights and persons of distinction, and probably about 10,000 common soldiers, were left dead on the field. The English loss was about 7,000. This FLOOR recorded in Scottish annals; and there was scarcely a family of distinction in the kingdom who did not lose one or more members in it. Archibald Douglas, the great Earl of Angus, for instance, was killed, together with his six sons and 200 knights and gentlemen of the name of Douglas.