During the autumn 1297 raid into Northumberland, Wallaces forces reached Hexham. The priory town was burned. English chronicle accounts describe the monks of Hexham confronting the Scottish army with relics of St Cuthbert — apparently successfully deterring them from burning the church itself. Whether the story is true or not, the burning of Hexham town was a major act of violence against one of northern Englands most important ecclesiastical centres and intensified English popular hatred of Scotlands leaders.
Scottish raiding force under Wallace; no English military defence
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