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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 239<br />

H57<br />

ROGER HOVEDEN, CHRONICA, VOL. I, p. 216,<br />

S.A. 1157. 1<br />

In the same year Malcolm, k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, came to the<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g of England at Chester, and became his man, <strong>in</strong> such<br />

fashion as his grandfather had been the man of the elder<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g Henry, sav<strong>in</strong>g all his dignities.<br />

H57<br />

WILLIAM OF NEWBTJRGH, HISTORIA RERUM ANGLICARUM, IN<br />

CHRONICLES or STEPHEN, ETC., VOL. I, pp. 105-106. 2<br />

To the k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots also, who possessed as his proper<br />

right the northern districts of England, namely Northumbria,<br />

Cumberland, Westmoreland, formerly acquired by David,<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, <strong>in</strong> the name of Matilda, called the empress,<br />

and her heir, [k<strong>in</strong>g Henry II] took care to announce that the<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g of England ought not to be defrauded of so great a part<br />

of his k<strong>in</strong>gdom, nor could he patiently be deprived of it :<br />

it was just that that should be restored which had been<br />

acquired <strong>in</strong> his name.<br />

And [Malcolm] prudently consider<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>in</strong> <strong>this</strong> matter<br />

the k<strong>in</strong>g of England was superior to the merits of the case<br />

by the authority of might, although he could have adduced<br />

the oath which [Henry] was said to have given to David,<br />

his grandfather, when [Henry] received from him the belt of<br />

knighthood ; when [Henry] asked them aga<strong>in</strong>, restored to<br />

him the aforenamed territories <strong>in</strong> their entirety, and received<br />

from him <strong>in</strong> return the earldom of Hunt<strong>in</strong>gdon, which be-<br />

longed to him by ancient right.<br />

Th<strong>in</strong>gs be<strong>in</strong>g so arranged, England enjoyed<br />

for a time her<br />

ease and security <strong>in</strong> all her borders. And the k<strong>in</strong>g ruled<br />

more widely than all who were known to have ruled <strong>in</strong> England<br />

till that time, that is from the furthest bounds of <strong>Scotland</strong><br />

as far as to the Pyrensean mounta<strong>in</strong>s ; and his name was<br />

held <strong>in</strong> renown <strong>in</strong> all these regions.<br />

1 From Chr. of Melr., 76.<br />

" After the octave of Easter "<br />

2 R. de T., <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., iv, 192 :<br />

"<br />

[Low Sunday was the 7th of April] Henry, k<strong>in</strong>g of the English, sailed over<br />

<strong>in</strong>to England from Barfleur ; and Malcolm, k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, restored to him<br />

all that he had of his dom<strong>in</strong>ion, that is, the city of Carlisle, the castle of<br />

Maidens, Bamborough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the county of Lothian ;<br />

and the k<strong>in</strong>g restored to him the county of Hunt<strong>in</strong>gdon."<br />

" Of Maidens "<br />

(Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh) is erased <strong>in</strong> MS. M, and omitted by six other MSS. (The castle<br />

was restored to the Scots <strong>in</strong> 1186.) Cf. Ann. of Wav., <strong>in</strong> A.M., ii, 237 ;<br />

R. de D., i, 302 ; R.W., i, 16 ; Ann. of Dunst,, <strong>in</strong> A.M., iii, 18 ; M.P., Chr.<br />

Maj., ii, 214; Fl, His., ii, 74,

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