Hartlepool was one of the most important ports of north-east England and its burning by Douglas in 1315 was a serious economic blow. The Scots showed they could strike coastal targets deep in England, not just border counties. The burning of Hartlepool port denied the English a key naval supply and communication point and demonstrated that no town in the north was beyond Scottish reach.
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