,
According to the World English Dictionary
“
.”
to go on a plundering raid
,
and Scottish alike
,
lands
,
as well as
to reive is
,
Border reivers
English
’
would raid the enemy countries
’
.
their own countrymen s lands
Their
plunder was anything that could be moved easily and
,
.
swiftly
such as cattle and horses
Kidnapping for
ransom was also a practice that was employed on a
,
regular basis
and it is from the practice of tribute paid
in order to avoid attack that the term
.
came into existence
“
”
blackmail
Death and even murder were
.
unfortunate side effects of the reiving lifestyle
The continual state of warfare and conflict in the
border region led to the formation of treaties and a
stream of laws that seldom favored the Scottish
.
border peoples
1383 “7
An example of these laws that affected
Anglo Scottish border relations and survival is the
. ,
Ric
II
. 16,
by cap
to enact that no armour or
’
food should be sent into Scotland without the King s
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Scotland
”.
Licence
In
1494,
Henry VII passed a law dictating that
all Scots who were not residents were to leave England
.
immediately or forfeit all their worldly possessions
,
Henry VII
,
Henry VIII
and Elizabeth I also passed laws
forbidding the sale of any horse to a person of Scottish
.
origins upon pain of death
,
were also outlawed
,
side
Crossbows and handguns
except for those on the English
.
within twelve miles of the Scottish border
When
trade and exchange between Scotland and England
,
was allowed
the Scottish pound was valued as an
.
English shilling
,
In response to these prejudicial laws
Scotland
enacted laws of their own forbidding the selling of
.
horse and other goods to the English
To warn an
Englishman of an impending raid upon his lands and
,
person by a fellow Scotsman was considered treason
.
a hang able offense
,
However
crimes committed
during periods of truce were discouraged and
.
punished
It was not until James VI of Scotland
became James I of England that such laws were
abolished by the act of
1606 “4
. , . 1, ‘
…
Jac
Abolition of all Memory of Hostility
…’.”
and Scotland
Walltown, Hadrian's Wall, England
I
c
for the utter
between England
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