After the death of Thomas of Lancaster whom Scotland supported as a means to cripple the English in their war against the Scottish during the Despenser War, the Scots in 1322 raided deeper into Northern England to gain his inheritance, reaching as far south as Chorley in Lancashire[1] and the East Riding.[2] They even raided the suburbs of York. A few abbeys, settlements and towns in the path of the raiders, such as Richmond, were spared by bribing them off, however most were not so fortunate. Following the raid, a truce between King Edward II and Robert the Bruce was signed at Bishopthorpe in 1323.