Note 40 — Chapter II · ON THE CLAIM OF ENGLAND TO THE FEUDAL HOMAGE OF SCOTLAND.

Baliol, who, on the death of the Scottish Queen, assumed the title of “Hæres regni Scotiæ,” had engaged the powerful interest of the Bishop of Durham, by a grant of all the manors possessed by Alexander III. in Cumberland;—or, in the event of Edward refusing to sanction the grant, fifty manors in Scotland, in lieu of them. Had any of the other competitors been preferred, this grant must have fallen to the ground.—Original Charter in possession of Mr Astle, and published in his Account of the Seals of the Kings of Scotland, p. 22. It is more than probable that the influence and services of the Bishop of St Andrew’s had been secured by prospects perhaps equally advantageous.