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Title: The counties of England, their story and antiquities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930
Subjects: Great Britain -- History England -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : G. Allen
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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an only mention prominentincidents. Nor is it necessary to recount the story ofthe great wars between England and Scotland that madeNorthumberland a battlefield. The match was struckat Berwick where the Scottish garrison set fire to someEnglish ships. Soon followed the terrible massacre ofthe citizens of the border-town, and then the Scotsdescended on the luckless shire, ravaged Redesdale andCoquetdale, Hexham and Corbridge, and left behindthem blackened ruins. Edward I. at length conquered Scotland and securedpeace for the border, but then Wallace roused thefighting spirit of his countrymen, fell upon the countyand slew its sons, destroyed its homesteads, andplundered everywhere. Never was the unfortunate landin such a terrible condition. The Scots spared not eitherlives or Churchs treasure, until at length in 1303Edwards victories brought the county rest. Then Robert Bruce renewed the war, and the feeblesecond Edward was a poor substitute for his heroic father. I^lJ^fe^ ■-ll^.i::.
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Northumberland i i He marched north to check the bold Scots, but on hisreturn southwards the attacks were renewed and countrylaid bare. After the disastrous Bannockburn, Bamburghafforded a shelter to the luckless king, and hostile bandsof Scots and discontented lords plundered as they listed.The land lay waste for years. There was no security,and even a warden of the marshes ravaged the country,kept a band of outlaws, and imprisoned his neighboursfor the sake of ransom. He was at length capturedand hanged. Poor Berwick felt the force of the stormof war, and was besieged frequently and held stubbornlyby the Scots. For thirty years the tide of fighting rolled,and was concluded in 1328 by the treaty of Northamp-ton; but it was only a nominal peace. Private raids anddaring deeds continued, and Scottish invasions werefrequent, with their usual accompaniments of pillage anddestruction; and the bards sang their lays and ballads,and praised the exploits of the Percys, Douglas, Lindsayand the

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