Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton recognizes Scotland

May 1328

After a generation of war, Edward III's regents conceded what Bruce had fought for: Scotland was a free kingdom, Bruce its rightful king, the border at the Tweed. The Stone of Destiny was to be returned, though this clause went unfulfilled. Edward, fifteen and humiliated, signed under pressure from his mother. He would repudiate the treaty within six years.