The Redeswire incident was a notorious breakdown of Border order. The English and Scottish March Wardens met at Carter Bar for a routine truce-day exchange of prisoners and complaints. When the English warden refused to produce a wanted outlaw, a fight broke out. The Scottish reivers swept off the hill, routed the English and captured Sir John Forster himself. The incident caused a diplomatic crisis between England and Scotland. It was the last significant armed clash between English and Scottish forces before the Union.
Several killed on both sides; Forster captured
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