The Battle of Dryfe Sands was the bloodiest inter-clan engagement in the Scottish Borders since the Wars of Independence. Lord Maxwell, warden of the West March, was killed along with hundreds of his kinsmen. The Johnstons pursued the fleeing Maxwells and slaughtered many in the rout. The battle was the culmination of a decade-long feud that had made the West March ungovernable. James VI used the aftermath to impose royal authority on both clans.
c.700 Maxwells killed; Lord Maxwell slain
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