68 The Scalacronica. 



Percy and his Castle of Alnewyk. This caused Percy to 

 march by night to Newcastle. So much had the English lost 

 heart in the time of war. The Council of the King of 

 England sent William de Denoon, a man of law, to Robert de 

 Bruis at Norham to treat for peace. He arranged a marriage 

 between David, the son of the said Robert, and Joan, the King 

 of England's sister. This afterwards took place at Berwick. 

 At the Parliament of York this war with Scotland was termi- 

 nated, the relics and indentures with the seals pendant of the 

 obeissance of the Lords of Scotland, which were called Ragman, 

 being restored. These had been exacted by King EdAvard, the 

 first after the Conquest, when he conquered Scotland. In the 

 agreement the King of England gave up his claim of right over 

 Scotland, and he gave 40,000 marks of silver for his sister's 

 marriage dowry. It was also agreed that all his adherents 

 should forfeit their heritages in Scotland. But the Lords of 

 Wake, Percy, Beaumont, and la Zouche refused to be bound bv 

 these conditions; and from this great evil afterwards arose. 

 This arrangement was not agreeable to the King; but on 

 account of his youth the Queen and Mortimer did everything in 

 his name, which was one of the reasons of their subsequent 

 punishment. At the time when the rebellion of the Barons was 

 attempted many knights and esquires of the King's party went 

 from Xorthumberland to Ruthwell, where they had a great 

 skirmish with the peasants of the district, who were defeated 

 and killed by the aforesaid marchers. 



The lords who had been disinherited, through him and his 

 ancestors, in Scotland made a petition to the King that he would 

 see that they were restored to the heritages which thev had 

 lost on his account, or that he would allow them to take 

 measures. The King sent the whole of this petition to the 

 Earl of Murref, who was then Guardian of Scotland, on account 

 of the nonage of King David, whose father, King Robert, had 

 died of leprosy a short time before. The Earl replied honour- 

 ably to the King by letter requesting him to allow them to take 

 measures and do their best. This message having been received 

 the Lords who had been disinherited in Scotland, the Lord De 

 Beaumonde, the Earls of Atholle and Angus, Richard Tallebot, 

 Henry de Feroirs, John de Moubray, and all the others, by the 

 persuasion of the Lord De Beaumounde, attached themselves to 



