The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from the invasion by England in 1296 until the de jure restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328. De facto independence had been established in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn.
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“Our noble King, King Henery the eighth,
Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.”
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“The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.”
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