William Wallace's raid into northern England following his victory at Stirling Bridge in September 1297 included the sacking of Hexham and Corbridge — two of the principal towns of the Tyne valley. Hexham's Augustinian priory was plundered and its canons reportedly forced to sing Mass at spear-point. Corbridge, the site of the old Roman fort of Corstopitum and a significant market town, was burned. The raids demonstrated Wallace's ability to project Scottish power far south of the border and the complete inability of English border defences to resist following the disaster at Stirling Bridge.
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