Robert Bruce's forces carried out systematic raids into County Durham and Yorkshire in 1311. Hartlepool was burned, a significant coastal town and port. The raids were part of a deliberate strategy to compel English magnates and towns to pay protection money and to undermine Edward II's capacity to mount a counteroffensive into Scotland.
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