Why is Macbook Mail suddenly redownloading thousands of old emails?

Hi everyone,
More MacMail weirdness - this time a *major* problem.
This morning, no idea why, Mac Mail has suddenly started redownloading emails I received *years* ago, including spam, trash, and junk mail. It's constantly flashing them up on my screen as "New Messages" and "Incoming Mail". On the Macbook it's putting them directly into the ALL MAIL folder, so at least my Inbox seems clear. However, on my iPad it's putting all these many thousands of emails directly in my iOS Mail inbox, making the application completely unusable - it's just flooded with constantly updating very old junk email and spam.
Nothing has changed on my settings that I know of. Obviously it's a bit of a disaster as the email app on my iPad is now unusable.
What can I do to stop this? Why is it suddenly happening?
Cheers,
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