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330 SCOTTISH ANNALS<br />
121 2, Mar.<br />
ROGER WENDOVER, FLORES HISTORIARUM, VOL. II, p. 60. l<br />
How the English k<strong>in</strong>g presented the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>'s son,<br />
Alexander by name, with the belt of knighthood.<br />
In the year of the Lord 1212 k<strong>in</strong>g John was <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>dsor<br />
at Christmas ;<br />
2 and <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g Lent, on the Sunday 3<br />
when Lcetare Jerusalem is sung, the same k<strong>in</strong>g presented with<br />
the belt of knighthood Alexander, 4 the son and lawful heir<br />
of the k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, <strong>in</strong> London, at St. Bride's. 5<br />
1212<br />
ANNALS OF ST. EDMUNDS, IN MEMORIALS OF ST. EDMUND'S<br />
ABBEY, VOL. II, p.<br />
6<br />
20.<br />
A certa<strong>in</strong> relative of the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, by name Mac<br />
William, with a great host landed <strong>in</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong> and harried<br />
the chief part of the land, putt<strong>in</strong>g to death many of either<br />
sex, [and of every] condition and : age and <strong>this</strong>, as it is said,<br />
by the assent of certa<strong>in</strong> magnates of <strong>Scotland</strong>.<br />
K<strong>in</strong>g John sent many Brabant<strong>in</strong>es to the aid of the k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of <strong>Scotland</strong>, their leader be<strong>in</strong>g a certa<strong>in</strong> English noble.<br />
1 Cf. M.P., Chr. Maj., ii, 533. Fl. His., ii, 141. Ann. of St. Edm., <strong>in</strong><br />
Mem. of St. Edm. Abb., ii, 20. J. of T., <strong>in</strong> Fl.of W., ii, 169 (s.a. 1211). R.<br />
of C., 164. W. of C., ii, 206, <strong>in</strong>fra. Ann. of Wore., <strong>in</strong> A.M., iv, 400.<br />
2 25th December, 1211.<br />
3<br />
I.e. 4th March, the fourth Sunday <strong>in</strong> Lent. So Ann. of St. Edm., u.s. ;<br />
"<br />
and M.P., H.A., ii, 126. In Easter," say the Ann. of Wore., u.s.<br />
4 "<br />
In the fourteenth year of his age," W. of C., ii, 207-208, n. (Cf.<br />
Chr. of Lan., 10; Chr. of Melr., 113.)<br />
"<br />
Ann. of St. Edm., ii, 20 : although small of stature, yet dignified<br />
[procerus] and of amiable appearance."<br />
5 "<br />
At London," R. of C., u.s.<br />
"<br />
M.P., u.s., adds : At St. Bride's, a hostel of Clerkenwell at ; table,<br />
"<br />
while hold<strong>in</strong>g the feast." Ann. of St. Edm., u.s. : at the house of the<br />
hostel ;<br />
. . . and [Alexander] knighted twelve nobles of <strong>Scotland</strong> upon the<br />
same day."<br />
6<br />
Cf. W. of C., ii, 206, s.a. 1212 :<br />
"<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce William, k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, who<br />
was now of advanced age, was not able to pacify the <strong>in</strong>terior districts of his<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdom, disturbed by revolt, he fled to the k<strong>in</strong>g of the English and <strong>in</strong>trusted<br />
to his care himself, and his k<strong>in</strong>gdom, and the only son whom he had.<br />
"<br />
And [John] presented [the son] who was commended to him with the<br />
belt of knighthood, and set out with an army to those parts ; and send<strong>in</strong>g<br />
his men through the <strong>in</strong>terior of the k<strong>in</strong>gdom he seized the leader of the revolt,<br />
Cuthred, surnamed Mac William, and hanged him on the gallows.<br />
" [Cuthred] was of the ancient l<strong>in</strong>e of Scottish k<strong>in</strong>gs ; and, supported<br />
by the aid of Scots and Irish, had practised long hostility aga<strong>in</strong>st the modern<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gs, now <strong>in</strong> secret, now openly, as had also his father Donald.<br />
"<br />
For the more recent k<strong>in</strong>gs of Scots profess themselves to be rather<br />
Frenchmen, both <strong>in</strong> race and <strong>in</strong> manners, language and culture ; and after<br />
reduc<strong>in</strong>g the Scots to utter servitude, they admit only Frenchmen to their<br />
friendship and service."