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11 September 2022

• 23:2123:21, 11 September 2022 diff hist +430 Monarchy of the United Kingdom Added another royal privilege with citation to verify its correctness.

9 September 2022

• 03:1403:14, 9 September 2022 diff hist 0 Saint Margaret of Scotland Monarchs in Scotland have NEVER been referred to as king/queen of Scotland and the implication that the land belongs to the monarch is considered an offensive one that was never the case in Scotland. Tag: Reverted

4 September 2022

• 18:2918:29, 4 September 2022 diff hist +593 Burnt Candlemas →English invasion: There never was a 'king of Scotland'. It is the wrong title. The English army was starving, a detail that should be mentioned at at Melrose Douglas came close to capturing Edward. Tag: Reverted
• 17:5317:53, 4 September 2022 diff hist +172 Burnt Candlemas →Scottish invasion: Trying to correct (substantiated with citations) the many errors in this. Tag: Reverted
• 17:2717:27, 4 September 2022 diff hist −209 Burnt Candlemas →Scottish invasion: That the Scots needed 'encouragement by the French' to fight a nation that had invaded their nation is simply silly. The English and Scots had an ongoing war since 1333. Whether King David would do homage to the English was never negotiated. It is not mentioned anywhere and would never have been accepted by the Scottish parliament. Tag: Reverted

3 September 2022

• 22:2122:21, 3 September 2022 diff hist +815 Burnt Candlemas The Scottish incursion into Northumberland and the Battle of Nesbit took place in AUGUST so not after the agreement to the truce in September a truce. And the French hardly needed to 'encourage' the Scots to fight the invading English with whom the Scots had been at war since 1333. That is simply silly. corrected with citation Tag: Reverted
• 21:3521:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +291 William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas →War with England and Battle of Poitiers: more information and citation
• 21:1821:18, 3 September 2022 diff hist +138 William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas →War with England and Battle of Poitiers: An error. They took the city of Berwick not merely 'assaulted' it and they did with with the help of a French force.

2 September 2022

• 14:3914:39, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6 William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas No edit summary
• 14:3814:38, 2 September 2022 diff hist +233 William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas expanding summary
• 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +10 Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas →Legacy and death: There is no record of his death. According to the Scots Peerage, in 1347 his prebend was recorded as vacant but since it had been seized by the English that is no proof of his death, just that the English had not yet named William de Emeldon to it. We should not make assumptions not backed by evidence..
• 14:2014:20, 2 September 2022 diff hist 0 Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas Incorrect date. The fact that England had invaded Scotland and Edward III gave the title under his to someone else did not change that under Scottish law Hugh had inherited the title at the death of his brother.

1 September 2022

• 00:2200:22, 1 September 2022 diff hist +212 Douglas Castle →History: Currently it does not make much sense. I think adding some details might help.

27 August 2022

• 01:5401:54, 27 August 2022 diff hist +96 Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus No edit summary
• 01:5201:52, 27 August 2022 diff hist −18 George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus →Life: Hardly equally famous
• 01:5201:52, 27 August 2022 diff hist +8 George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus →Life
• 01:4901:49, 27 August 2022 diff hist −4 Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus No edit summary
• 01:4901:49, 27 August 2022 diff hist +137 Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus The entry is incomplete so I added about that she had no children with her husband, his date of death, added a reference to her daughter and I took out the very judgmental tone.
• 01:3201:32, 27 August 2022 diff hist −16 George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus →Life: How 'aptly named'? That can easily be misinterpreted since the 'grim' referred to his prowess in battle. It is not particularly appropriate in a factual entry.

23 August 2022

• 00:5500:55, 23 August 2022 diff hist +402 White Wilderness (film) →Controversy: Adding significant information about the film's making

22 August 2022

• 17:5717:57, 22 August 2022 diff hist −1 Caerlaverock Castle →Recovery Tag: Reverted
• 17:5617:56, 22 August 2022 diff hist +5 Caerlaverock Castle →Recovery Tag: Reverted

19 August 2022

• 15:4615:46, 19 August 2022 diff hist +2 Irish War of Independence Nothing "forced" the British government to try to override a democratic vote. The wording in this should be neutral not pro-British. Tag: Reverted

17 August 2022

• 19:3419:34, 17 August 2022 diff hist +252 Dundonald Castle →Early castles: Not totally inaccurate since Dundonald was indeed slighted but definitely not accurate about why castles were slighted.

12 August 2022

• 16:5316:53, 12 August 2022 diff hist +115 Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas →Battle of Poitiers: WHAT? I am fixing this. At the time of the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 King David II was a prisoner in England following the Battle of Neville's Cross, not in France. He had not been at Château Gaillard since his return to Scotland from exile in 2 June 1341. And William Douglas was not made an earl until the following year. He was then Lord of Douglas.

21 July 2022

• 01:0901:09, 21 July 2022 diff hist +140 John de Coupland →Coupland's titles & land: clarification.

20 July 2022

• 20:2420:24, 20 July 2022 diff hist −23 Hermitage Castle →Under the Douglases: Much of this is wrong. The castle fell to the English after the loss at the Battle of Neville's Cross. It was much later after Hermitage was retaken by the Scots that Liddesdale was killed. It is incorrect that the 1st earl's son 'provided the seed of the branches'. The 2nd earl of Douglas had no legitimate son to inherit. The Black Douglas line was carried on by the son of James Douglas, Archibald the Grim & the red Douglas's by

17 July 2022

• 01:3001:30, 17 July 2022 diff hist +215 Roxburgh Castle →History: This mistakenly says that Roxburgh was held by the English from 1334 until 1460 which is not correct. I added the exchange of hands in 1342 and 1346.
• 01:2501:25, 17 July 2022 diff hist +92 William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale →Murder of Ramsay: expanding on the capture of Roxburgh

7 July 2022

• 03:0103:01, 7 July 2022 diff hist +636 Lords Spiritual →Criticism: That was a totally inadequate discussion of the criticism of having CoE bishops as members of parliament. This at least expands on it somewhat.

17 June 2022

• 16:2416:24, 17 June 2022 diff hist +26 William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas →Marriage and issue: Clarifying as the wording implied that she was still the wife of the Earl of Mar rather than his widow when the children were born. Thomas, Earl of Mar, had in fact already died and she was his widow, not his 'wife'.

12 June 2022

• 16:3116:31, 12 June 2022 diff hist +189 Second War of Scottish Independence →English invasion of Scotland, 1335–1336: A very questionable claim Tag: Reverted

6 June 2022

• 20:1520:15, 6 June 2022 diff hist +122 Star (heraldry) →Classical heraldry

2 June 2022

• 18:4118:41, 2 June 2022 diff hist +24 Cliff Hanley Many, many more consider Flower of Scotland or Caledonia to be Scotland's unofficial anthem
• 16:4016:40, 2 June 2022 diff hist −23 William III of England →Jacobite resistance: He did countersign it so the accusation was not 'propaganda' and he continued to show the perpetrators great favour. Tag: Reverted

31 May 2022

• 19:3119:31, 31 May 2022 diff hist +3 Vernacular literature There is nothing 'prestigeous' about English. It is more common. One language (and Scots is recognised by the UK gov't as a minority language) may be more common. That does not make it prestigeous.

13 May 2022

• 03:4803:48, 13 May 2022 diff hist −10 Selkirk, Scottish Borders →O' Floddenfield!: It is not the business of Wikipedia to decide what history is 'maudlin'.

5 May 2022

• 20:2020:20, 5 May 2022 diff hist +51 First Opium War It was Britain's determination to unlawfully sell opium not China's objection that as the immediate issue. CHINA did not start the war.