“Prior to 1746, Berwick had been ‘of the Kingdom of England, but not in it’,” Jarman said, reading from a photocopy of an archive document. “It’s a contradiction in terms, of course, and a direct result of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace brokered by James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England in 1502. What it meant was that Berwick was semi-independent – it was a little kingdom all of its own.”
