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meantime Archibald de Douglas had overrun the liishopric of 

 Durham with the enemy's foragers and driven great booty to 

 their army. At Darlington he met a great band of the Commons 

 going to join the English army, and slew them all. The large 

 army of English found their enemy near Stanhop in the open 

 fields in three arravs under three leaders, the Earls of Murref, 

 Marre, and James de Douglas. The King encamped in front of 

 them upon the water of Wear three days. In the fourth night 

 the Scots broke up their camp and removed a short distance 

 from there, within the park of Stanhop ; and there they waited 

 six days in front of the large army of English, Germans, and 

 Antwerpers. Xo deed of arms was performed, except that one 

 night the Scots under Jamys de Douglas attacked the army at 

 the end of the camp and killed a large number of the commons 

 from the counties and departed without sustaining any damage. 

 The third night after this skirmish the Scots broke up their 

 camp and departed to their own country, having done great 

 damage in England. On the very day of their departure they 

 met Patrick, Earl of March, and John the Steward, with 5000 

 men of the people of Scotland coming to their relief, for they 

 had heard that they were besieged. And it was said that they 

 would have returned, if they had had anv victuals, so greatly 

 were those warriors heartened. The King, being a young lad, 

 shed bitter tears, and, breaking up his camp, returned to York. 

 When Robert de Bruys, then King of Scotland, was besieging 

 the Castle of Norham, the Constable Robert de Maners issued 

 with his garrison and defeated the Scotch enemy's watch before 

 the gate of the Castle, and there William de Alouhand, a baron 

 of Scotland, was killed. The leader of the watch, on account 

 of a flood, was unwilling to attempt their rescue and no one in 

 the town could approach them. The Earl of Murref and James 

 de Douglas now besieged the Lord of Percy in Alnewyk ; and 

 there were great jousts of war arranged by covenant. These 

 lords did not persist in the siege, but marched awav to their 

 King Robert, who was engaged in the siege of Xorham. At 

 this time the Lord of Percy made a raid into the region of 

 Tevydale, with men of the Marches ; and he did not stop until 

 he had made more than 16 leagues of way. When this was 

 announced to James de Douglas he set out suddenly from 

 Norham, and put himself with his men between the Lord of 



