In August 1311 Robert Bruce's forces crossed the Tyne and burned Corbridge, then a significant market town on the Roman road to the north. The raid was part of a systematic campaign to extract ransom payments from northern English towns and demonstrate that the English government could not protect its own border communities. Corbridge's destruction contributed to the economic devastation of Northumberland that made the northern counties effectively ungovernable under English administration.
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