g, when he had once been
chosen, was to do homage to himself as king of England. Edward, who
might fairly have held that, in spite of the abandonment of the treaty
of Falaise by Richard, he had a right to the old vague over-lordship
of earlier kings, appears to have thought it right to take the
opportunity of Scotland's weakness to renew the stricter relationship
of homage which had been given up by Richard. At all events, the
Scottish nobles and clergy accepted his demand, though the commonalty
made some objection, the nature of which has not been recorded. Edward
then investigated carefully the points at issue, and in =1292= decided
in favour of Balliol. If he had been actuated by selfish motives he
would certainly have adopted the suggestion of Hastings that Scotland
ought to be divided into three kingdoms.

[Footnote 15: Genealogy of the claimants of the Scottish throne:--

DAVID I.
1124-1153
|
Henry
|
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MALCOLM IV. WILLIAM David, Earl of Huntingdon
1153-1165 THE LION |
1165-1214 -------------------------------------
/ | | |
/ | | |
/ Margaret Isabella Ada
ALEXANDER II. _m._ Alan, Lord _m._ Robert Bruce _m._ Henry
1214-1249 of Galloway | Hastings
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ALEXANDER III. Devorguilla Robert Bruce Henry
1249-1285 _m._ John Balliol the Claimant Hastings
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| ---------------- | |
Margaret | | | John
_m._ Eric, king Margaret JOHN BALLIOL Robert Bruce Hastings,
of Norway _m._ John, the 1292-1296 | the
| Black Comyn | | Claimant
| |