The Duke of Surrey (later Norfolk) led a major English chevauchee into Scotland in 1523 during Albany's absence in France. Jedburgh was burned along with Kelso and Roxburgh. The raid was designed to terrorise the Scottish Borders and discourage any Scottish attack on England. It was far more damaging than the skirmish that came to be called the Pinkie of 1523 — a minor English reverse near the border — and showed English power to ravage southern Scotland at will.
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