The 1597 Border Commission at Berwick was one of several joint English-Scottish attempts to regularise the lawless border in the final years before the union of the crowns. The commission drew up lists of the most dangerous reiver families and agreed procedures for cross-border pursuit and extradition. It was more effective than earlier commissions partly because James VI was more committed to border order than his predecessors, but the fundamental problem persisted until 1603.
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