Periodic Scottish raids into Cumbria continued throughout the late fourteenth century even during periods of nominal truce. The Douglases used their border position to conduct profitable raids — extracting 'blackmail' (protection money, from which the modern term derives) from English communities. These raids maintained Scottish pressure on northern England and provided income for the border lords without requiring formal royal approval.
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