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334 SCOTTISH ANNALS
to Louis at Dover, and did him homage for the possessions
which he must hold of the king of England.
But on the way to Louis, while he passed by Barnard Castle, l
which was of the land of Hugh de Balliol, and situated in the
province of Haliwercfolc, the said king went round the castle
with the chief men of that district, to see if it were assailable
on any side, [and] a certain ballistary who was in the castle shot
a dart and struck in the forehead Eustace de Vescy, a noble
and powerful man and his ;
brain being pierced as well as his
head, he 2
immediately expired.
Now the said Eustace had to wife the sister 3 of the king of
Scotland ; and hence the king and the whole assembly of barons
were greatly distressed in mind.
The king also, after doing homage as has been said above,
returned to his own. 4
1219
ANNALS or WAVERLEY, IN ANNALES MONASTICI, VOL. II,
p. 291. 5
Earl David, 6 brother of king William of Scotland, died.
1220
ROGER WENDOVER, FLORES HISTORIARTTM, VOL. II, p. 253. 7
Thereafter 8 in the festival of St. Barnabas the apostle 9
the English king Henry and the Scottish king Alexander met
for a conference at York. And there was discussed between
them the contracting of marriage between the king of Scotland
and the sister 10 of the king of England. And there a treaty
was confirmed, and the king of Scots returned to his own.
1 Named after Bernard de Balliol; cf. supra, a. 1138.
2 Cf. W. of C., ii, 234.
3 Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of William the Lion by the daughter
of Adam de Hythus ; Chr. of Melr., s.a. 1193.
4 Cf. W. of C., ii, 233.
5 Cf. W. of C., ii, 241.
6 " Namely the earl of Huntingdon," W. of C., u.s.
T Cf. M.P., Chr. Maj., iii, 58 ; H.A., ii, 241. Fl. His., ii, 170-171.
8 After the coronation of Henry III on the 17th May, 1220 ; R.W., ii,
253 ; R. of C., 187.
9 llth June.
1 " Joanna," M.P., Chr. Maj., H.A. ; FL His., u.s.
Hoved., iv, 138, states that Philip of France had promised to Alexander
his daughter by Agnes of Meran, his marriage with whom was pronounced
(7th September, 1200) to be illegal. His daughter was then five years old.
Cf. also Hoved., iv, 173-174.