 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rufu rwomuzukuru wake William, Ishe waDouglas, uye mukoma Sir Archibald paHalidon Hillakasiya nhaka yenhaka yaDouglas kuna Hugh. Zvisinei, Scotland panguva iyi yakanga ichipfuura nomuhondo yechipiri yokuzvitonga, uye Edward III naEdward Balliol vaidzora rutivi rukuru rwokumaodzanyemba kwenyika. Balliol, achinge apa Edward rukudzo rweumambo hwake, akanga apawo korona yeEngland, nekusingaperi, Masango eSelkirk, Ettrick neJedburgh, uye macounty eRoxburgh, Peebles, Dumfries, Linlithgow, Edinburgh neHaddington - muchokwadi, matunhu ese ayo Ishe waDouglas aive nezvinhu. Edward akanga adzorera Douglasdale kuna Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron de Clifford, muzukuru waRobert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, uyo akanga apiwa naEdward I weEngland zvichitevera kuparara kwake kweHumambo hweScotland muna 1296. Clifford haana kumbowana kunakidzwa nezvinhu zvake zvitsva, nenzira yekuramba kwakasimba kubva kuvarume vaDouglas vaitungamirirwa naWilliam Douglas weLothian. 