William Douglas's raids into Cumberland in 1345 were part of a pattern of pressure on the English West March that persisted throughout the fourteenth century. The repeated burning of Penrith demonstrated that even the principal town of Cumberland was not safe from Scottish raiding. Communities in the English north learned to pay blackmail as a cheaper alternative to physical devastation.
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