The English Middle March warden organised a joint English-Scottish expedition into Liddesdale in 1527 — one of the periodic 'ridings' that were the principal law-enforcement tool in the border valleys. Liddesdale, entirely in Scotland but raiding constantly into England, was the most notorious reiver territory of the sixteenth century. These ridings attempted to arrest the leading reivers, demolish their towers, and drive off their horses and cattle as collective punishment. The 1527 expedition was one of the more vigorous inter-jurisdictional efforts of the period.
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