Editing Border reivers (section)

====The End of the Debatable Land====
At the [[Treaty of Norham]] officially ending [[Rough Wooing|'the Rough Wooing']], the [[Debatable Lands|Debatable Land]] was finally divided between Scotland and England.<ref>Robb, Graham. The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. p. 134</ref> The division was decided in 1552 by a French ambassador, who drew a simple straight line to evenly split the territory between the two nations.<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1989. p 279</ref> However, this seemingly simple tale took a turn, as a slightly different boundary was ultimately chosen—one that now forms the present-day border, known as [[Scots' Dike|Scots Dyke]].<ref>Robb, Graham. The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. p. 138</ref>

Despite the division, the March Day courts were overwhelmed, with a five-hundred bills of complaint recorded in a single session,<ref>Robb, Graham. The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. p. 140</ref> while an official attempt to suppress banditry in Liddesdale was forcefully repulsed.<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1989. p 283</ref>