See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• SIR WILLIAM WALLACE (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

WALLACE (c. 1270-1305)  , the popular See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, is believed to have been the second son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

Wallace of Elderslie and Auchinbothie, in See also:

• RENFREWSHIRE

Renfrewshire . The date of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth is not certainly ascertained, but is usually given as 1270 . The only authority for the events of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life is the metrical See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind Harry . That authority cannot be implicitly relied on, though we need not conclude that the .See also:

• MINSTREL

minstrel invented the stories he relates . He lived about two centuries later than Wallace, during which a considerable See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend had probably gathered See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the name, and these popular " gestis " he incorporates in his narrative . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he professes to follow as his " autour " an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account that had been written in Latin by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
• BLAIR, HUGH (1718-1800)
• BLAIR, JAMES (1656`1743)
• BLAIR, ROBERT (1699—1746)

Blair, the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal friend and See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain of Wallace himself . As Blair's account has perished, we cannot tell how far the minstrel has faithfully followed his authority, but some comparatively recentdiscoveries have confirmed the truth of portions of the narrative which had previously been doubted . At best, however, his authority must be regarded with suspicion, except when it is confirmed by other and more trustworthy See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence . Only for a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of less than two years in his life--from the beginning of the insurrection in 1297 to the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• FALKIRK

Falkirk—does Wallace come before us in the clearest See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• LIGHT

light . With the exception of one or two glimpses of him that we obtain from See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic historical documents, the recorded events of his later as of his earlier life See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest on no more certain authority than that of Blind Harry . In his boyhood, according to the usual accounts, he resided for some time at Dunipace, in See also:

• STIRLINGSHIRE

Stirlingshire, with an See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, who is styled " See also:

• PARSON

parson " of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . By this uncle he was partially educated, and from him he imbibed an enthusiastic love of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty .

His See also:

• EDUCATION

education was continued at See also:

• DUNDEE
• DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, VISCOUNT (c. 1649-1689)

Dundee, where he made the acquaintance of John Blair . On account of an incident that happened at Dundee—his slaughter of a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Englishman named See also:

• SELBY
• SELBY, WILLIAM COURT GULLY

Selby, for an insult offered to him—he is said to have been outlawed, and so driven into See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion against the See also:

• ENGLISH

English . Betaking himself to the wilds of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, he gradually gathered round him a body of desperate men whom he led in various attacks upon the English . In consequence of the success of these early enterprises his following largely increased, several of the more patriotic nobles—including the steward of Scotland, Sir See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• MORAY

Moray, Sir John de See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham, See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas the See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy; See also:

• WISHART, GEORGE (c. 1513-1546)

Wishart, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, a.nd others—having joined him . His insurrection now became more open and pronounced, and his enterprises of greater importance . An attack was made upon the English See also:

• JUSTICIAR (med. Lat. justiciarius or justitiarius, a judge)

justiciar, Ormsby, who was holding his See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at See also:

• SCONE
• SCONE (pron. Skoon; Gaelic, skene, "a cutting")

Scone . The justiciar himself escaped, but many of his followers were captured or slain . The burning of the Barns of See also:

• AYR

Ayr, the quarters of English soldiers, in revenge for the treacherous slaughter of his uncle, Sir Ronald See also:

• CRAWFORD, EARLS OF
• CRAWFORD, FRANCIS MARION (1854–1909)
• CRAWFORD, THOMAS (1814–1857)
• CRAWFORD, WILLIAM HARRIS (1772–1834)

Crawford, and other Scottish noblemen, followed . The success of these exploits induced the English See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to take See also:

• MEASURES

measures for staying the insurrection . A large See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, under the command of Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

Percy and Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford, was sent against the insurgents, and came up with them at See also:

• IRVINE

Irvine . Dissensions See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out among the Scottish leaders, and all Wallace's titled See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends See also:

• LEFT

left him and made sub-See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward, except the ever faithful Sir Andrew Moray . The treaty of Irvine, by which these Scottish nobles agreed to acknowledge Edward as their See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord, is printed in See also:

• RYMER, THOMAS (1641—1713)

Rymer's Foedera .

It is dated the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July 1297, and is the first public document in which the name of Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Wallace occurs . Wallace retired to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, and although deserted by the barons was soon at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a large army . The vigour and success of his operations was such that in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time he succeeded in recovering almost all the fortresses held by the English to the north of the Forth . He had begun the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Dundee when he received See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information that an English army, led by the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey and Cressingham the treasurer, was on its See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march northward . Leaving the citizens of Dundee to continue the siege of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, he made a rapid march to See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling . En-camping in the neighbourhood of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey See also:

• CRAIG, JOHN (1512 ?-1600)
• CRAIG, SIR THOMAS (c. 1538–1608)

Craig—on which now stands the national See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to his memory—he watched the passage of the Forth . After an unsuccessful See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to bring Wallace to terms, the English See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, on the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the 11th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1297, began to See also:

• CROSS

cross the See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge . When about one See also:

• HALF

half of his army had crossed, and while they were still in disorder, they were attacked with such fury by Wallace, that almost all—Cressingham among the number—were slain, or driven into the See also:

• RIVER

river and drowned . Those on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the river were seized with panic and fled tumultuously, having first set See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to the bridge . The Scots, however, crossed by a See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford, and continued the pursuit of the enemy as far as See also:

• BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick . Sir Andrew Moray See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in this battle . The results of it were important .

The English were everywhere driven from Scotland . To increase the alarm of the English, as well as to relieve the See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine which then prevailed, Wallace organized a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• RAID

raid into the north of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, in the course of which he devastated the country to the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle . On his return he was elected See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . In this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he set himself to re-organize the army and to regulate the affairs of the country . His measures were marked by much See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom and vigour, and for a short time succeeded in securing See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, even in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy and opposition of the nobles . Edward was in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders when the See also:

• NEWS

news of this successful revolt reached him . He hastened See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, and at the head of a great army entered Scotland in July 1298 . Wallace was obliged to adopt the only See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign which could give any See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of success . He slowly retired before the English monarch, See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving off all supplies and wasting the country . The nobles as usual for the most See also:

• PART

part deserted his See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard . Those that remained thwarted his See also:

• COUNCILS

councils by their jealousies . His plan, however, came very near being successful .

Edward, compelled by famine, had already given orders for a See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat when he received information of Wallace's position and intentions . The army, then at Kirkliston, was immediately set in See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion, and next morning (July 22, 1298) Wallace was brought to battle in the vicinity of Falkirk . After an obstinate fight the Scots were overpowered and defeated with great loss . Among the slain was Sir John de Graham, the bosom friend of Wallace, whose See also:

• DEATH

death, as Blind Harry tells, threw the hero into a frenzy of rage and grief . The account of his See also:

• DISTRESS

distress is one of the finest and most touching passages in the poem . With the remains of his army Wallace found See also:

• REFUGE

refuge for the See also:

• NIGHT

night in the Torwood—known to him from his boyish life at Dunipace . He then retreated to the north, burning the See also:

• TOWN

town and castle of Stirling on his way . He resigned the office of guardian, and betook himself again to a wandering life and a desultory and predatory warfare against the English . At this point his history again becomes obscure . He is known to have paid a visit to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, with the purpose of obtaining aid for his country from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French king . This visit is narrated with many untrustworthy details by Blind Harry; but the fact is established by other and indisputable evidence . When in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1303-1304 Edward received the submission of the Scottish nobles, Wallace was expressly excepted from all terms .

And after the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Stirling Castle and Sir William See also:

• OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (1829–1888)
• OLIPHANT, MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897)
• OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant)

Oliphant, and the submission df Sir See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser, he was left alone, but resolute as ever in refusing See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the English king . A See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price was set upon his head, and the English See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors and captains in Scotland had orders to use every means for his capture . On the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1305 he was taken—as is generally alleged, through treachery—at Robroyston, near Glasgow, by Sir John See also:

• MENTEITH, or MONTEITII

Menteith, carried to the castle of See also:

• DUMBARTON

Dumbarton, and thence conveyed in fetters and strongly guarded to See also:

• LONDON

London . He reached London on the 22nd of August, and next See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day was taken to See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, where he was impeached as a traitor by Sir See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Mallorie, the king's See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . To the See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation Wallace made the See also:

• SIMPLE

simple reply that he could not be a traitor to the king of England, for he never was his subject, and never swore fealty to him . He was found guilty and condemned to death . The See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence was executed the same day with circumstances of unusual See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty . The cause of national See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence was not lost with the life of Wallace . Notwithstanding the cruelty and indignity amid which it terminated, that life was not a failure . It has been an See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration to his countrymen ever since . The popular ideas regarding his stature, strength, bodily prowess and undaunted courage are confirmed by the writers nearest his own time—See also:

• WYNTOUN, ANDREW OF (?1350-?142o)

Wyntoun and See also:

• FORDUN, JOHN OF (d. c. 1384)

Fordun . And indeed no See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man could in that See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age have secured the personal ascendancy which he did without the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of these qualities .

The little we know of his statesmanship during the short period he was in See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power gives See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of See also:

• POLITICAL

political wisdom . His patriotism was conspicuous and disinterested . He was well skilled in the modes of warfare that suited the country and the times . That he failed in freeing his country from the yoke of England was due chiefly to the jealousy with which he was regarded by the men of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and power . But he had a nobler success in inspiring his countrymen with a spirit which made their ultimate See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest impossible . For bibliography see the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in the Dict . Nat . Biog . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• MODERN

modern lives are See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• MOIR, DAVID MACBETH (1798—1851)

Moir's (1886), and A . F . Murison's (1898) . (A .

F .