After Bannockburn Bruce launched systematic raids into northern England to extract ransoms and force Edward II to make peace. Douglas and Moray led fast-moving cavalry forces deep into England. Hartlepool was burned and ransomed. The northern English counties paid "protection money" to Scotland — formal arrangements to avoid burning — demonstrating the impotence of the English crown.
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