A short history of England . Welshpeople as prince a native of Wales and one who could not speak a word ofEnglish. lie then presented to them his infant son who had just been bornat the Welsh castle of Carnarvon. FORMATION OF A UNITED ENGLISH NATION 221 mainly Celtic and lived among the rugged districts of the north,and the Lowlanders, who were partly Teutonic, like the north ofEngland people, partly Celtic invaders from Ireland. A longline of kings had ruled over these various elements without bring-ing them together very successfully. From time to time theScottish kings had paid homage to th
A short history of England . Welshpeople as prince a native of Wales and one who could not speak a word ofEnglish. lie then presented to them his infant son who had just been bornat the Welsh castle of Carnarvon. FORMATION OF A UNITED ENGLISH NATION 221 mainly Celtic and lived among the rugged districts of the north,and the Lowlanders, who were partly Teutonic, like the north ofEngland people, partly Celtic invaders from Ireland. A longline of kings had ruled over these various elements without bring-ing them together very successfully. From time to time theScottish kings had paid homage to the English kings, acknowl-edging a kind of supremacy on their part, but the English kingshad not interfered in any way with the internal affairs of eitherthe Lowlands or the Highlands. 192. The Award of Norham.—The ambition of Edward I,however, extended so far as to plan for the real union of allthe island of Britain ; therefore, when the inheritance of the king-dom of Scotland descended to a little girl, Edward immediately. Remains of Carnarvon Castle, Wales, the Birthplace of Edward II arranged for her marriage to his eldest son. Unfortunately theyoung queen of Scotland soon died and there was no unquestionedheir to the throne. Several Scotch nobles were descended fromthe royal family and claimed the inheritance. Edward was calledupon to act as arbitrator. In 1292, therefore, he went to the 222 A SHORT HIS TORY OF ENGLAND castle of Norham od the border between England and Scotland,attended by the nobles of the northern counties of England, tomeet representatives of the nobility, clergy, and commons of Scot-land and to render his decision as to who had the best claim tothe throne. before he gave his award he demanded that the Scotch shouldall acknowledge his feudal superiority over Scotland and its was done somewhat reluctantly by the Scotch representativesand claimants for the crown. There were three principal competitors, John Baliol, RobertBruce, and John Hasting
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