During the great Scottish raid of 1322, Douglas and Moray surprised Edward II's army near Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire while the king himself was dining at the abbey. The Scots charged down a steep hillside and routed the English before Edward could escape — he barely avoided capture, fleeing on horseback and leaving behind his privy seal and personal goods. The near-capture of the English king in his own kingdom was a supreme humiliation and illustrated how completely Bruce had reversed the strategic situation since Bannockburn.
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