A History of the Scottish People, From the Earliest Times, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from A History of the Scottish People, From the Earliest Times, Vol. 2: From Death of Robert Bruce, 1329, Till Death of James V., 1542 Beaumont, of whose lands in Scotland Bruce had taken possession during the war, but had agreed to restore them by one of the terms of the late treaty. This restitution was granted in the case of Percy, but in that of Wake and Beaumont Randolph delayed. And there Were causes that justified this delay. Beaumont, in right of his wife, claimed the earldom of Buchan, by which he would have become one of the most powerful of the Scottish nobility, while Wake demanded the lordship of Liddel, through which he would have held the key of the western marches. While they would thus have the means to facilitate an English invasion into Scotland, their inclination towards such a mea sure could scarcely be doubted, for both of these lords had loudly protested against the peace of Northampton and were eager for a renewal of the war.2 Randolph therefore paused in the work of restitution although it was urged by the repeated demands of Edward III. And the two lords, becoming hopeless of a voluntary concession, resolved to extort it by force. For this purpose they formed an alliance with Ed ward Baliol, whose restoration to the royal rights of his father formed the pretext of their invasion, and they were speedily joined by all those English barons who, like themselves, had been dispossessed of their Scottish lordships and were eager to recover them. They soon mustered their military retainers, avowed their purpose of placing Edward Baliol upon the throne of Scotland, and were ready to commence their march across the Border. But the consent of Edward which was necessary for the in road, was refused. His measures had thus far ripened the design, and he had interposed no check to those military preparations by which the war was to be renewed. He now professed a sacred regard for the treaty of Northampton, which would not permit an inroad of such open and warlike character, but he could not hinder them from privately embarking their small force at an English port and entering Scotland by sea. This the invaders well understood, and accordingly they set sail uninterrupted from Ravenspur, near the mouth of the Humber, while the English king was commanding his subjects by proclamation to respect the peace of N orthampton.3 Thus Edward if the expe dition failed, could disown it as a prohibited outbreak. But if, in the strange chances of such a period, it should change the dynasty or effect the conquest of Scotland, the advantages of a war that had cost him nothing would be his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.