Excerpt from Annals Of The Reigns Of Malcolm And William Kings Of Scotland A. D. 1153-1214 IN 1286, when King Alexander III. Died, a mass of Scottish State papers and records lay in the Treasury in Edinburgh. The number was large compared with the size of the kingdom; if they had survived we should have had a store of information regarding the history and con dition of Scotland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, inferior only to the ample records of England. Unfortunately, these Scottish documents were (by order of King Edward I., as guardian, ) given to John Balliol. All have perished, except a meagre inventory printed in the first volume of the Scots Acts of Parliament. Nothing written in Scotland before the death of King Alexander III. Remains, except the Chronicle of Melrose and a Chronicle ascribed to Holyrood - which were written by monks who were either contemporaries, or who wrote shortly after the events they Chronicle. These two Scottish chronicles are meagre as to public events, they are valuable in giving many dates and in recording the promotions and deaths of prominent Scotsmen. We have a few original Charters, copies of many others have been preserved in the chartularies of bishoprics and monasteries. For the history of Scotland during these two centuries we rely mainly on contemporary English chronicles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.