The killing of the Scottish Warden at a Day of Truce — a supposed occasion of formal peace — was a serious diplomatic incident that contributed to the deteriorating relations between Henry VIII and James IV that eventually led to Flodden in 1513. The Heron brothers responsible fled to England and Henry VIII refused to surrender them. James IV cited this grievance in his declaration of war. The incident illustrates how border crime and international diplomacy were inseparably entangled.
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