Second War of Scottish Independence

The Second War of Scottish Independence began in 1333, when Edward III of England no longer accepted the 1328 Treaty of Northampton under which the Kingdom of England recognised the legitimacy of the dynasty of the Kingdom of Scotland that was established by Robert Bruce. Edward was determined to support the claim of Edward Balliol, the son of the former king, John Balliol, over David II, Bruce's son and heir. Edward had ruled in Scotland for a short time in the autumn of 1332, but was thrown out of the country later in the year. The war itself lasted until 1357, when David II was released from English captivity. English involvement in Scotland was also one of the factors that led to the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War with France in 1337.

Second War Of Scottish Independence Media

• Robert I and Isabella of Mar (cropped).jpg

  Robert Bruce, from the 1562 Forman Armorial
• Edward Balliol, King of Scotland seal.png

  Balliol's royal seal
• Edouard III devant Berwick.jpg

  A 14th century depiction of the 1333 Siege of Berwick
• 1334 Treaty of Newcastle.svg

  Territory ceded to England by Edward Balliol     Scottish territory not claimed by England     ceded Scottish territory     England     Orkney and Shetland (under Norwegian rule)
• Edward III of England (Order of the Garter).jpg

  Edward III as head of the Order of the Garter, drawing c. 1430–40 in the Bruges Garter Book

• Filip6 David2 Joan of the Tower.jpg

  Philip VI receiving David II and Joan, from a 15th century manuscript
• Scotland penny 802002 (obverse).jpg

  A coin depicting David
• BNMsFr2643FroissartFol97vBatNevilleCross.jpg

  Battle of Neville's Cross from a 15th-century manuscript
• Odiham Castle in Hampshire where David II was imprisoned from 1346 to 1357
• Berwick Castle - geograph.org.uk - 768511.jpg

  A section of the medieval town walls of Berwick

Related pages

• Wars of Scottish Independence
• First War of Scottish Independence

Primary sources

• Anonimalle Chronicle, 1333-81, ed. V. H. Galbraith, 1927.
• Bower, Walter, Scotichronicon, ed. D. E. R. Watt, 1987-96.
• Brut, or the Chronicles of England, ed. F. W. D. Brie, 1906.
• Capgrave, John, The Book of the Illustrious Henries, ed. F. Hingeston, 1858.
• Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, ed. J. Bain, 1857.
• Fordun, John, Chronicles of the Scottish Nation, ed. W. F. Skene, 1872.
• Gray, Thomas, Scalicronica, ed. H. Maxwell, 1913.
• The Lanercost Chronicle, ed. H. Maxwell, 1913.
• Wyntoun, Andrew, The Original Chronicle of Scotland, ed. F. J. Amours, 1907.

Secondary sources

• Balfour-Melville, E. W. M, Edward III and David II, 1954.
• Campbell, T., England, Scotland and the Hundred Years War, in Europe in the Late Middle Ages, ed. J. Hale et al., 1970.
• Duncan, A. A. M., Honi soit qui mal y pense: David II and Edward III, in the Scottish Historical Review, vol. 67, 1988.
• Nicholson, R., Edward III and the Scots, 1965.
• Nicholson, R., Scotland: the Later Middle Ages, 1974.
• Brown, C.K., "The Second Scottish War of Independence", 2001
• Paterson, R. C., Edward Balliol, in Military History, April 2003.
• Reid, R. C., Edward de Balliol, in Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Antiquarian and Natural History Society, vol. 35 1956-7.