Thomas Lord Dacre, Warden of the West March, was accused in 1524 of colluding with the Scots — allowing Scottish raids into England in exchange for quiet on his own lands. Tried before his peers in the House of Lords, he was acquitted in a remarkable demonstration of the solidarity of the northern nobility against Tudor interference in border affairs. The episode illustrates the complex loyalties of the border zone, where the great march wardens maintained their positions through relationships that could look like treason from London.
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