LONGRIDGE HISTORY SOCIETY

Thursday 21st November @7.30pm  The impact of the Great Raid of 1322 upon Preston & Lancaster

by Dr Chris Tinmouth

This talk will explore how the North of England,and particularly Lancashire, was affected by what will be termed here the Anglo-Scottish wars. It will focus on the Scottish raids upon the North-West, Culminating in what has become known as "The Great Raid of 1322 " led by Robert the Bruce , one of the most iconic kings in the history of medieval Scotland, this lightning raid, penetrating deep into Northern England, was perhaps the most ambitious gambit of his war with England.

Ever since his decisive victory at Bannockburn in 1315, Robert the Bruce was determined to assert his sovereignty over the Kingdom of Scotland, without needing to bend the knee to English overlordship. During "The great Raid of 1322 " Robert the Bruce sought to bring Edward ll to battle, upon English soil and on his own terms, to effect another Bannockburn. The people of the North of England would feel the wrath of the Scots, and the damage they inflicted would endure in their memories for generations to come .

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