Talking about Scotland, one has to keep this in mind - always:
Scotland is not an English province - it is a nation in its own right! 
And as it was a Scottish king who inherited the throne of England, one could say with a certain bit of truth, thar England belonged to Scotland.
Anyhow.in 1320 Scotland confirmed its independence from England, and sent a message to the Pope.
This "Declaration of Arbroath" has become quite famous.
And it is also dear to my heart, as I have lived in Dundee in my Scottisch time - not not far from Arbroath.
May I quote a part of this declaration:
Zitat:
...for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule.
It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.
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And right they are ......