On This Day, 1305

On this day in 1305, Sir William Wallace was tried in Westminster Hall on the charge of High Treason, during which a garland of oak was placed upon his head mockingly, to signify him as the King of outlaws. His grisly sentence, of course, was read out immediately following the verdict, and included the full …

The Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace

What do we know of Wallace? Despite being Scotland’s most famous hero, not much is known of the man’s early life, nor that of his station, or father, brother or even where exactly he was born and what title he held, other than that of a knight, which he earned later in in life. What …