Hertford's return march through the Borders in May 1544 was equally devastating. Kelso Abbey, Jedburgh Abbey, and Dryburgh Abbey were all burned — irreplaceable centres of learning and cultural life. The destruction was seen by contemporaries as an act of war against Scottish civilisation itself. The abbeys had survived the Wars of Independence and centuries of border conflict; Hertford's systematic campaign destroyed them permanently.
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