The Burnt Candlemas of February 1356 was Edward III's savage response to Scottish raiding encouraged by France. His army marched through the Lothians in the dead of winter, burning everything they could find. The destruction was so systematic and the burning so widespread that the operation acquired the name 'Burnt Candlemas' from the fires visible across the darkened landscape. It was one of the most destructive English chevauchees into Scotland and foreshadowed Hertford's operations nearly two centuries later.
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