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September 11 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scottish forces (some 6,000 men) led by Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeat an English army under John de Warenne at Stirling on the Forth. [5] October–November – Scottish forces led by William Wallace begin raids in Northumberland and Cumberland.
Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta ("Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
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In 1296, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, defeated John Comyn, Earl of Buchan in the Battle of Dunbar. King John Balliol surrendered to King Edward I of England at Brechin on 10 July, and the Scottish landholders were made to acknowledge Edward's overlordship. In 1297, Moray initiated a revolt in northern Scotland and by the late summer, contro...
Surrey was concerned with the number of Scots he faced, separated by a long causeway and narrow, wooden bridge, over the River Forth near Stirling Castle. Determining that he would be at a tactical disadvantage if he attempted to take his main force across there, he delayed crossing for several days to allow for negotiations and to reconnoiter the ...
Surrey left William de Warine and Sir Marmaduke Thweng in charge of Stirling Castle, as Surrey abandoned his army, and fled towards Berwick. The contemporary English chronicler Walter of Guisborough recorded the English losses in the battle as 100 cavalry and 5,000 infantry killed.Scottish casualties in the battle are unrecorded, with the exception...
The exploits of Wallace were passed on to posterity mainly in the form of tales collected and recounted by the poet Blind Harry, the Minstrel (d. 1492), whose original, probably oral sources were never specified. Blind Harry was active some 200 years after the events described in his The Acts and Deeds of the Illustrious and Valiant Champion Sir Wi...
Armstrong, Peter. Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297–98: William Wallace's rebellion(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012).Barrow, G.W.S., Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland,1976.Brown, C., "William Wallace" 2005.Cowan, Edward J., The Wallace Book, 2007, John Donald, ISBN 0-85976-652-7, 978-0-85976-652-4Historic Environment Scotland. "Battle of Stirling Bridge (BTL28)".- 11 September 1297
- Scottish victory
- 30 November 2011
1297 ( MCCXCVII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1297th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 297th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 13th century, and the 8th year of the 1290s decade.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge, 11th September 1297, was the first major victory of the Scottish Wars of Independence. It cemented William Wallace’s reputation, demonstrated that the Scots could beat the English and also at European level was the first time foot soldiers ever defeated mounted knights. However, it has never been precisely clear ...
Year 1297 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
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