Editing Battle of Bannockburn (section)

==Aftermath==
The immediate aftermath was the surrender of Stirling Castle, one of Scotland's most important fortresses, to King Robert. He then slighted (razed) it to prevent it from being retaken. Nearly as important was the surrender of [[Bothwell Castle]], where a sizeable party of English nobles, including the Earl of Hereford, had taken refuge.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barrow |first=Geoffrey W.S. |title=Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland |date=1988 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |page=231 |author-link=G. W. S. Barrow}}</ref> At the same time, the Edwardian strongholds of Dunbar and Jedburgh were also being captured. By 1315, only Berwick remained outside of Robert's control.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Michael |title=Bannockburn: The Scottish War and the British Isles 1307–1323 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2008 |page=137 |language=English |author-link=Michael Brown (historian)}}</ref> In exchange for the captured nobles, Edward II released Robert's wife [[Elizabeth de Burgh]], sisters [[Christina Bruce]], [[Mary Bruce]] and daughter [[Marjorie Bruce]], and Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, ending their eight-year imprisonment in England. Following the battle, King Robert rewarded Sir Gilbert Hay of Erroll with the office of hereditary [[Lord High Constable of Scotland]].

The defeat of the English opened up the north of England to Scottish raids<ref name="Black"/> and allowed the [[Bruce campaign in Ireland|Scottish invasion of Ireland]].<ref name="Scott"/> These finally led, after the failure of the [[Declaration of Arbroath]] to secure diplomatic recognition of Scotland's independence by the Pope, to the [[Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton]] in 1328.<ref name="Scott"/> Under the treaty, the English crown recognised the independence of the Kingdom of Scotland, and acknowledged Robert the Bruce as the rightful king.{{sfn|Webster|2015}}