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386 Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart.
had held the castle down to that time for the King of England,
perceiving that his countrymen had won the battle, allowed the
chief men who came thither to enter the castle in the belief that
they would find a safe refuge, and when they had entered he took
them prisoners, thereby treacherously deceiving them. Many,
also, were taken wandering round the castle and hither and thither
in the country, and many were killed ; it was said, also, that
certain knights were captured by women, nor did any of them get
back to England save in abject confusion. The Earl of Hereford,
the Earl of Angus, Sir [John] de Segrave, Sir Antony de Lucy,
Sir Ingelram de Umfraville and the other nobles who were in the
castle were brought before Robert de Brus and sent into captivity,
and after a lengthy imprisonment were ransomed for much money.
After the aforesaid victory Robert de Brus was commonly called
King of Scotland by all men, because he had acquired Scotland
by force of arms.
About the same time died King Philip of France. 1
Shortly afterwards, to wit, about the feast of S. Peter ad
Vincula, 2 Sir Edward de Brus, Sir James of Douglas, John de
Soulis and other nobles of Scotland invaded England by way of
Berwick with cavalry and a
large army, and, during the time of
truce, devastated almost all Northumberland with fire, except the
castles ; and so they passed forward into the bishopric of Durham ;
but there they did not burn much, for the people of the bishopric
ransomed themselves from burning by a
large sum of money.
Nevertheless, the Scots carried off a booty of cattle and what men
they could capture, and so invaded the county of Richmond
beyond, acting in the same manner there without resistance, for
nearly all men fled to the south or hid themselves in the woods,
except those who took refuge
in the castles.
The Scots even went as far as the Water of Tees on that
occasion, and some of them beyond the town of Richmond, but
they did not enter that town. Afterwards, reuniting their forces,
they all returned by Swaledale and other valleys and by Stanemoor,
whence they carried off an immense booty of cattle. Also
they burnt the towns of Brough and Appleby and Kirkoswald,
and other towns here and there on their route, trampling down
the crops by themselves and their beasts as much as they could ;
and so, passing near the priory of Lanercost, they entered
Scotland, having many men prisoners from whom they might
extort money ransom at will. But the people of Coupland, 8
1
29th Nov., 1314.
2 ist August.
s A ward of southern Cumberland.