Following Flodden, Lord Dacre as Warden of the English West March operated from Carlisle as his headquarters, conducting a series of punitive raids into Scotland and defensive operations against Scottish counter-raids. The decade 1513 to 1523 saw Dacre at the height of his power as the dominant English border magnate, effectively governing the western border as a personal fiefdom. His operations combined official warden duties with the private raiding and accommodation with Scottish border lords that eventually brought him to trial for treason.
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