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===The Final Years=== Although both kingdoms were united by religion and allied,<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp313</ref> the latter part of the 16th century saw a perceived deterioration in conditions along the Border, with tensions intensifying in the years leading up to the [[Union of the Crowns]] in [[1603]].<ref name="Fraser, George MacDonald 1995. pp309"/> ====Kinmont Willie==== It is not entirely clear how or why English warden [[Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton|Lord Thomas Scrope]] captured the infamous [[Kinmont Willie Armstrong|Kinmont Willie]] following a Truce Day in [[1596]], thus breaking [[customary law]].<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp330</ref> This greatly enraged the Scottish warden of the West March, [[Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch|Walter Scott of Buccleuch]],<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp334</ref> Keeper of Liddesdale, who then led a daring, but successful raid into [[Carlisle Castle]] to free Kinmont Willie.<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp339</ref> Among the known outlaws who joined the raid were several notable lawmen and landowners, including Aud Watt of Harden and the Carleton brothers—major landowners in northern Cumberland and former lawmen.<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp335</ref> This event is remembered in the ballad ''[[Kinmont Willie]]''.<ref>Reed, James, editor. Border Ballads: A Selection. Fyfield Books. "Kinmont Willie" (Child 186), p. 29-35.</ref> This [[Prison escape|jailbreak]] greatly upset [[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth I]]<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp343</ref> and created a diplomatic dispute between the two kingdoms. After several months, during which he led raids into England, [[Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch|Bold Buccleuch]] eventually surrendered, travelled to London, and returned in exchange for his son, emerging from the ordeal as a changed man.<ref>Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. HarperCollins, 1995., pp344-345</ref>
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