Issues of the permanent borders between Scottish & English Kingdoms

Question 1

Land Disputes between Scotland & England

Answer 1

Cumbria and Northumberland were in dispute between England and Scotland as they both had been annexed by England in the last civil war

Question 2

Treaty of York (How did this affect relationships)

Answer 2

• The treaty of York was when the Scots formally gave up their claims to Cumbria and Northumberland
• The Scots continued to attack, there was also the worry that the scots would form an alliance with France
• The Treaty of York didn’t do much

Question 3

What Scottish kings agreed to English superiority

Answer 3

• Malcom III in 1072
• William the Lion, treaty of Falaise in 1174

Question 4

Deal made at Canterbury in 1189

Answer 4

Richard I had agreed to release Scotland from ant oaths of homage at Canterbury in 1189 in exchange for money to finance his crusade

Question 5

Times Alexander III asserted himself over the English

Answer 5

• He successfully visited the court of Henry III enabling him-self to chastise his father-in-law for failure to make regular dowry payments
• He was equally assertive when Edward I assumed the throne
• Alexander III refused to acknowledge any homage to Edward I, Alexander III even travelled to Westminster in 1278

Question 6

How do we know Edward I & Alexander III had a good relationship prior to 1286

Answer 6

• Edward I holidayed in Scotland in 1268
• While Edwards sister Margret was alive she married Alexander III, a close and personal bond existed between the two