After Stirling Bridge, Wallace led his army in a systematic raid through Northumberland into County Durham. Hexham Priory was sacked, its valuable archives and treasures plundered. The raiding force reached the outskirts of Newcastle and Newcastle garrison stood to arms. The raid was both economic plunder and political pressure on Edward I to withdraw from Scotland.
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