He therefore hesitated.

Edward further ordered him to lay an embargo upon all vessels in the ports of Scotland, and required the attendance of many of the Scottish barons in his expedition to France.

Finding his orders disobeyed, on the 16th of October Edward issued a writ to the sheriff of Northampton, "to seize all lands, goods, and chattels of John Baliol and other Scots." The Scotch held a parliament at Scone.

All Englishmen holding office were summarily dismissed.

A committee of the estates was appointed to act as guardian of the kingdom, and Baliol himself was deprived of all active power; but an instrument was prepared in his name, reciting the injuries that he and his subjects had sustained at the hands of the English king, and renouncing all further allegiance.
Following this up, a league was concluded, offensive and defensive, between the French king and Scotland, represented by the prelates, nobles, and community.