On this date, Edward I held a parliament at Berwick, during which many Scots performed homage and fealty him as recorded in the ‘Ragman Roll’. The majority of the more than 1,500 Scots who appear in the Roll performed homage … Continue reading
William Wallace was executed in London. He had been captured at Robroyston near Glasgow on 3 August by Sir John Menteith, sheriff of Dumbarton. He was taken to London and was tried and executed on the same day, having been … Continue reading
King Robert Bruce makes a truce with the people of Durham for a sum of 450 marks. The truce was to last until 24 June 1313, and the people of Durham were given permission to arrest any Scots who happen to … Continue reading
This month’s Feature of the Month is now on-line. Written by our Principal Investigator, Dauvit Broun, it looks at a newly discovered Latin chronicle. You can read it here.
A recently discovered Latin chronicle of the Wars of Independence Professor Dauvit Broun, Principal Investigator The challenge of studying chronicles One of the project’s objectives next year is an edition of the Chronicle of Melrose. The chronicle starts with … Continue reading
During the war of 1215-17, Alexander II, king of Scots, pursued King John into England, taking the town of Carlisle on this date.
‘The Great Cause’, the judicial process set up to determine the successor to the vacant Scottish throne following the death of the Maid of Norway in 1290, began. Thirteen men would claim rights to the throne, though only two men … Continue reading
