Henry VIII ordered Hertford to devastate the Scottish Borders as thoroughly as possible. Kelso, Jedburgh, Dryburgh and Melrose Abbeys were burned. The list of destruction compiled afterwards is extraordinary — a systematic scorched-earth campaign that depopulated much of the Borders. The Rough Wooing left scars visible in the archaeology for generations.
Widespread civilian displacement; monastic communities destroyed
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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