Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site. His son, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, was coerced into ceding the castle to the crown. The main tower house forming the center of the castle with four floors was built by Andrew, 2nd Lord Gray, who was granted the castle in 1490.
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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.