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PART IX
1251
THOMAS WYKES, CHRONICLE, IN ANNALES MONASTIC!, VOL.
IV,
P. 102. i
ABOUT the same time [1st May, 1251] Alexander [III], king
of Scots, began to occupy the king of England's lands next
to his kingdom.
a countless
Learning this, the king of England gathered
army and betook himself to the northern districts, sending
in front John Mansel into Scotland to treat of peace : and
by his mediation betrothal was contracted between the king
of Scots and Margaret, daughter of the king of the English ;
and immediately, peace being assured, the king and his whole
army returned into England.
1251, Aug.
CHRONICLE or THOMAS WYKES, IN ANNALES MONASTICI, VOL.
IV,
P. 103.
On the feast of the nativity of St. Mary 2 the king of Scots
came to Woodstock, and confirmed the betrothal formerly
initiated there.
1251, Sep.
MATTHEW PARIS, CHRONICA MAJORA, VOL. V, P. 265, S.A.
1251.3
The queen of Scotland returns to her native land.
And about the festival of St. Michael 4 the queen of Scot-
1 "
Ann. of Osn., in A.M., iv, 102-103 : In this year Margaret, the
daughter of king Henry IV, was betrothed to the king of Scotland." Cf.
supra, s.a. 1244.
The weakness of Scotland's policy at this time was due to the youth of
the king, according to M.P., Chr. Maj., v, 266; H.A., iii, 117.
Pope Innocent IV had on 6th April, 1251, refused Henry's claim that
the king of Scotland could not be crowned without the king of England's consent,
and also his claim to a tithe of the Scottish churches. Feed., i., 463.
(Cf. Henry's letter to the archbishop of York, 6th May, 1233, in Foed.,i, 328.)
2 8th September.
3 Cf. M.P., H.A., iii, 116; Abbr. Chr., ibid., iii, 321. Fl. His., iii, 378.
4 29th September.
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