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did great injur)- to King John, from whom he had received 

 the order of knightliood. He resieged the Castle of Mitford 

 and then that of Norham, received homage from many 

 great Lords of Northumberland and the County of York, and 

 they handed over to him territory belonging to John, who for this 

 laid waste their lands. When John had returned the Castle of 

 Morpeth was thrown down and all Lownes and the March of 

 Scotland devastated with fire. King Alexander besieged Car- 

 lisle and took it with the Castle; whence he marched with a 

 large army as far as Dover to meet Louis, the son of the King of 

 France, in accordance with a treaty previously made. They did 

 not meet then ; but they did afterwards elsewhere. For Louis 

 went to him, and Alexander, like the others, did him homage 

 (as King of England). Therefore his lands incurred the sentence 

 of the (Pope's) Interdict, as those of the others did, who rebelled 

 against King John. It was pronounced upon him by Gawlo, the 

 Pope's Legate, who supported John, because he was his vassal. 

 In the year of our Lord, 1221, Alexander, King of Scotland, 

 married Joan, daughter of King John of England, at York. The 

 same year Margaret, daughter of King William of Scotland, was 

 given in marriage to Sire Hubert de Burgh, with the common 

 assent of both the realms. In the year of our Lord, 1228, Joan, 

 the wife of King Alexander, died. On Whitsunday the said 

 Alexander took another wife at Roxburgh, who came from over 

 the sea, descended from the Coucys. Her name was Mary ; and 

 by her he begat a son, who was also named Alexander. This 

 Alexander married Margaret, the first daughter of King Henry 

 III., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Henry had come thither with a 

 large army to wage war with Alexander, the father. But he came 

 to Henry at Newcastle with a safe conduct ; and there they made 

 peace and formed an alliance by the marriage of their children, 

 who at that time were not more than four years of age. 

 Alexander, the father, died soon after, as he was going to the Isle 

 of Kerrara, near Oban. He was brought to Melrose and buried 

 there. His son Alexander was crowned, in the manner of his 

 country, at the age of eight years. He begot by his wife Mar- 

 garet, daughter of King Henry of England, two sons, Alexander 

 and David, who both died before their father. He also had by 

 the said Margaret a daughter, also named Margaret, who after- 



