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Anglo-Scottish relations: David I to Alexander III The accession of David I (1124-53) marked a major turning point in the inter-relationship ofthe Scottish and English kingdoms. David held the honour ofHuntingdon in the English eastern midlands from 1113, and he had no wish to give it up when he became king. Moreover, he encouraged immigration from other parts of England, especially the Welsh marches, of young men prepared to serve him militarily as feudal vassals; and from 1141 to 1153 the king pressed his claims effectively to rule over the earldom of Northumberland and southern or 'English' Cumbria. On the ecclesiastical side, David successfully deprived Durham diocese ofTeviotdale and Tweeddale, SCOTIA transferring them to Glasgow, but on the other hand Glasgow lost English Cumbria in 1133 when Henry I (1100-35) created the new diocese of Carlisle and assigned it to the province of York. The warfare of Stephen's reign (1135-54) played surprisingly little part in Anglo-Scottish relations. Although the Scottish army led by David I and his son sustained a heavy defeat near Northallerton in 1138 (the battle of the Standard), the Scots were able to control most of the northern English counties during David's last decade; and David himself died at Carlisle. 6'1 -(' ·Edinburgh LOTHIAN Berwick upon Tweed ·l'iIorham R -.rb h Bamburgh • ox urg Glasgow ~Jedburgh. . ......D~rhamt Warkworth .(),.. 1---0 : 0 '" ... Hexha: ~

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