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A 15th-century illustration showing an English herald approaching a troop of Scottish soldiers. The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.
The Treaty of York was an agreement between the kings Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland, signed at York on 25 September 1237, which affirmed that Northumberland (which at the time also encompassed County Durham), [1] Cumberland, and Westmorland were subject to English sovereignty.
The armies of England and Scotland were en route to engage in combat after disputes concerning the exact position of the nearby Scottish-English border, dating to the Battle of Alnwick in 1174, could not be resolved. After the two opposing armies met near Newcastle Upon Tyne hostilities were set aside and a treaty signed. This set the border ...
The Treaty of London of 1641 was an agreement between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland which formally ended the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars.. Charles I was king of both countries but, since 1639, Scotland had been under the control of a political faction who opposed the king and were known as the Covenanters.
The Treaty of Perpetual Peace was signed by James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England in 1502. [1] It agreed to end the intermittent warfare between Scotland and England which had been waged over the previous two hundred years, and, although it failed in this respect, as hostilities continued intermittently throughout the 16th century, it led to the Union of the Crowns 101 years later.
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, England's representative at Berwick. The Treaty of Berwick was negotiated on 27 February 1560 at Berwick-upon-Tweed.It was an agreement made by the representative of Queen Elizabeth I of England, the Duke of Norfolk, and the group of Scottish nobles known as the Scottish Lords of the Congregation. [1]
The Treaty of York (1464) was made between England (under Edward IV) and Scotland (under James III) on 1 June 1464 at York and was intended to establish 15 years of peace. Previously Scotland had supported the defeated House of Lancaster in the English civil War of the Roses .