When Bruce besieged Berwick in 1319, Edward II moved north to relieve it. To draw the English away, a Scottish raiding force under Douglas and Moray struck deep into Yorkshire. The Archbishop of York, William Melton, led an improvised force of clergy, monks and militia to intercept the Scots at Myton on Swale. The Scottish cavalry routed the ecclesiastical levy almost without a fight; so many clergy died that the engagement was mockingly called the Chapter of Myton. Edward II raised the siege of Berwick and withdrew.
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