The Graham family dominated the Esk valley and the Debatable Land — a strip of territory between England and Scotland claimed by neither crown — throughout the mid-sixteenth century. Operating from towers on both sides of the river, the Grahams raided Cumberland and were regarded by English administrators as the most destructive English-side reiver family. Their status as subjects of England gave them legal protection that Scottish reivers lacked, while their proximity to the Debatable Land allowed them to escape justice by crossing an invisible line.
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