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The
skirmish known as
Cleanse the Causeway, or
Clear the Causeway, took place in the
High Street of
Edinburgh,
Scotland, on
April 30,
1520, between rivals
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, chief of
Clan Hamilton and
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, chief of
Clan Douglas.
The skirmish was the result of enmity between the House of
Clan Hamilton and the "Red"
Angus line of the House of
Clan Douglas, both powerful noble families jealous of each other's influence over
King James V. The Hamiltons, led by Sir
Patrick Hamilton, brother of the Earl of Arran, and Sir
James Hamilton of Finnart, the earl's bastard son, attempted to apprehend the Earl of Angus, and prompted a street fight.
The Earl of Arran had become
Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1517. In a dispute over the sale of a cargo of
timber from a
Dutch ship, he'd sided with
Leith merchants over the Edinburgh
burgesses. The Leithers, supported by
Robert Barton, had ignored any of the rights of the burgesses, but Arran still gave them his support, enraging the Edinburgh traders. During the skirmish, the burgesses of Edinburgh saw the opportunity for revenge, and took the side of Angus.
The fight went badly for the Hamiltons, and Sir Patrick Hamilton was killed in the incident. The Earl of Arran and Sir James fought their way out, and escaped along a narrow close. Stealing a nearby
pack-horse they fled through the shallows of the
Nor Loch.
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