Editing Border reivers (section)

===After Flodden===
Almost immediately after the Battle of Flodden, riders from Scotland launched raids, burning four towns in England. In response, [[Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre|Dacre]] led punitive judicial raids, devastating towns such as [[Annan, Dumfries and Galloway|Annan]] and razing villages and buildings across [[Teviotdale]], [[Liddesdale]], and [[Ewesdale]], while seizing 4,000 head of cattle.<ref name="Fraser1971"/>

Dacre, reportedly acting under the direction of [[Thomas Wolsey|Cardinal Wolsey]] and [[Henry VIII|King Henry VIII]], paid Scottish surnames to conduct raids into Scotland while simultaneously entertaining factions opposed to the [[Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus|Angus]] regency. Far from attempting to control the Borders, Dacre was orchestrating chaos to undermine Scottish stability. Ironically, a joint Maxwell-Irvine force of 400 men raided the [[Debatable Lands|Debatable Land]] and lifted 700 cattle from his tenants. When Dacre lodged a complaint, the Maxwell heidsman reportedly replied that the cattle had been taken "orderly, according to the customs of the Borders."<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995. p218-222</ref>