Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan mutuwar Bruce a 1329, Edward III na Ingila ya ƙuduri aniyar sabunta yunƙurin mamaye Scotland kuma ya goyi bayan da'awar Edward Balliol, ɗan tsohon Sarki John Balliol, a kan ɗan ƙaramin ɗan Bruce David II. Edward ya mamaye a 1333, yana nuna farkon yakin na biyu na Scottish Independence
, kuma sojojin Ingilishi sun sake mamayewa kuma sun sake gina Edinburgh Castle a 1335, suna riƙe da shi har zuwa 1341. A wannan lokacin, William Douglas, Ubangijin Liddesdale ne ya jagoranci harin na Scottish. Jam'iyyar Douglas ta ɓoye kansu a matsayin 'yan kasuwa daga Leith suna kawo kayayyaki zuwa garuruwan. Suna tuka karusa zuwa ƙofar, suka tsaya a wurin don kada a rufe ƙofofin. Wani babban karfi da aka ɓoye a kusa ya ruga don shiga tare da su kuma an sake kama castle. An kashe 'yan Ingila 100 na garkuwar.