scotianostra: May 1st 1328 saw the English Parliament ratify The Treaty of Edinburgh/Northampt
scotianostra:May 1st 1328 saw the English Parliament ratify The Treaty of Edinburgh/Northampton.The treaty had been agreed earlier and was signed by King Robert the Bruce on March 17th in Edinburgh, I covered it in more depth on that date. On May 1st the English parliament ratified it and it was signed on this date at Northampton, giving the document its name. The document was written in French, and is held by the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, the main terms were that in exchange for £100,000 sterling, the English Crown would recognise: The Kingdom of Scotland as fully independent;Robert the Bruce, and his heirs and successors, as the rightful rulers of Scotland.The border between Scotland and England as that recognised under the reign ofAlso as part of the treaty negotiations, Edward III agreed to return the Stone of Destiny to Scotland. This was not in the treaty, but was part of a concurrent agreement. Edward III issued a royal writ, 4 months later, on 1 July, addressed to the Abbot of Westminster, which acknowledged this agreement and ordered the Stone be taken to his mother — it was not. Eventually, 668 years later, it was returned to Scotland, arriving on 30 November 1996 at Edinburgh Castle. -- source link
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