76 The Scalacronica. 



belonged to John de Balliol, as the issue of the eldest daughter of 

 Earl David of Huntingdon. In accordance with the delivery of 

 this verdict, King Edward awarded the right to the realm to John 

 de Balliol ; and in the presence of the said King all the great men 

 of Scotland recognised the said John de Balliol with oath and 

 homage, except the claimant, the eldest Robert de Bruys, who 

 in the presence of King Edward declined to do him homage. He 

 surrendered the land which he held in Scotland, the Vale of 

 Anand, to his son the second Robert, who was the son of the 

 daughter of the Earl of Gloucester. This Robert was no more 

 willing to acknowledge John de Balliol than his father was. So 

 he said to his son, the third Robert, who was the son of the 

 daughter of the Earl of Carrick, and his heir, and was afterwards 

 King of Scotland : " Take thou our land in Scotland, if thou 

 likest, for we will never become his men." This third Robert, 

 who at that time was a young page of the chamber to King 

 Edward, did homage to John de Balliol. This John was crowned 

 at Scone, in the manner of the country, on St. Andrew's day (30 

 Nov.), the year of grace 1292. He had three sisters — Margaret, 

 the Ladv of Gillisland ; the second was Lady of Counsy ; the third 

 was the wife of John Comyn, the father of him who was killed by 

 Robert de Bruvs at Dumfries. The said John de Balliol had 

 only one son, whose name was Edward. At the next Christmas 

 after his coronation John came to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and did 

 royal homage to King Edward the First after the Conquest, for 

 the realm of Scotland ; and he was put in possession of all the 

 fiefs of Scotland that were in the King of England's hands. Soon 

 after this an appeal of a gentleman of Scotland to the Court of 

 the King of England was commenced, because, as it seemed to 

 him, he could not obtain justice in the court of the King of Scot- 

 land from one of his neighbours. Wherefore King John of 

 Scotland was summoned by a writ of the King of England to grant 

 justice to the said man. The Coxmcil of Scotland was sore 

 troubled by this. At the same time a war broke out between the 

 King of England and the King of France, which was begun by the 

 men of Bayonne and the Cinq Ports against the mariners of St. 

 Mahu and the ships of Normandy. Wherefore the Council of 

 Scotland ordained that four Bishops, four Earls, and four Barons 

 should rule the land of Scotland. By their advice it was decided 



