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340 SCOTTISH ANNALS<br />

which were then <strong>in</strong> the keep<strong>in</strong>g of Robert Passelewe, by the<br />

mandate of the k<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

1235<br />

ANNALS OF DUNSTABLE, IN ANNALES MONASTICI, VOL. Ill,<br />

p. 143.<br />

In the same year [1235] the lord of Galloway died, and his<br />

l four [daughters] succeeded him. But because the people of<br />

the land refused to permit a division of the fief, a great slaughter<br />

took place. But at length through the valour of the k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

<strong>Scotland</strong> the husbands 2 of the said [daughters] obta<strong>in</strong>ed their<br />

heritage,<br />

and the <strong>in</strong>truder was sent <strong>in</strong>to exile.<br />

1235, Aug.<br />

ANNALS OF DUNSTABLE, IN ANNALES MONASTICI, VOL. Ill,<br />

p. 143.3<br />

In the same year, after the death of Richard Marshal, 4<br />

Gilbert Marshal 5 took to wife Margaret the sister of the k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

<strong>Scotland</strong>, and received with her a noble dowry <strong>in</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong>, as<br />

well as ten thousand marks and more.<br />

1 In the text, " sisters."<br />

2<br />

Roger de Qu<strong>in</strong>cy, John de Balliol, and William, son of the earl of<br />

Albemarle ; M.P., s.a. 1236, <strong>in</strong>fra.<br />

3<br />

Cf. Ann. of W<strong>in</strong>ch., <strong>in</strong> A.M., ii, 87.<br />

"<br />

Ann. of Tewkesb., <strong>in</strong> A.M., i, 98 : Margaret, sister of the k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

<strong>Scotland</strong>, wedded Gilbert Marshal about the Assumption of the blessed<br />

Virg<strong>in</strong> " [15th August.]<br />

4 For Richard Marshal cf. R.W., iii, 68-69, a. 1233 :<br />

" Also the k<strong>in</strong>g's<br />

councillors alleged aga<strong>in</strong>st the marshal that he was allied with [the k<strong>in</strong>g's]<br />

chief enemies, namely the French, the Scots and Welsh and it seemed<br />

;<br />

to them that he had done <strong>this</strong> for hatred of and <strong>in</strong>jury to the lord k<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

the k<strong>in</strong>gdom.<br />

"<br />

To <strong>this</strong> said the marshal, '<br />

What has been said concern<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the French is<br />

simply false ; what has been said concern<strong>in</strong>g the Scots and Welsh is likewise false :<br />

except concern<strong>in</strong>g the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong> and Llewellyn, pr<strong>in</strong>ce of North Wales,<br />

who were not his enemies but his vassals, until by <strong>in</strong>juries <strong>in</strong>flicted upon<br />

them by the k<strong>in</strong>g and his councillors they were estranged from fealty,<br />

even as<br />

I, unwill<strong>in</strong>gly and under compulsion. And because of <strong>this</strong> I am allied with<br />

them, that we may better together than separately<br />

seek and defend our<br />

rights, of which we have been unjustly deprived and <strong>in</strong> great part despoiled.' "<br />

Cf. M.P., Chr. Maj., iii, 261.<br />

The earl marshal's treaty with Llewellyn and others was to the effect<br />

that " none of them would come to an agreement with the k<strong>in</strong>g without the<br />

other." R.W., iii, 54. (M.P., Chr. Maj., iii, 248.)<br />

5 Gilbert Marshal died of <strong>in</strong>juries susta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> tourney at Hertford on<br />

the 27th June, 1241 ; M.P., Chr. Maj., iv, 135-136. Cf. Ann. of Tewk., <strong>in</strong><br />

A.M.,'i,*119; Ann. of W<strong>in</strong>ch., ibid., ii, 88; Ann. of Wav., ibid., ii, 328.

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