After Stirling Bridge, Wallace as Guardian of Scotland led a major raid into northern England in the autumn of 1297. His forces burned Northumberland and Cumberland, allegedly sparing only churches. The raid was designed to extract supplies and demonstrate that England could not protect its northern subjects. It was also intended to provoke Edward I into a premature response — though Edward, abroad in Flanders, was not hurried into return.
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