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Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, pronounced ... Plaque marking the place of Wallace's execution. Following the trial, on 23 August 1305, ...
In 1305, the Scottish knight Sir William Wallace, a primary leader of the First War of Scottish Independence, was punished in a similar manner. He was forced to wear a crown of laurel leaves and was drawn to Smithfield , where he was hanged, cut down before dying, emasculated and eviscerated, and then beheaded.
The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as pictured in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a penalty in England, Wales, Ireland and the United Kingdom for several crimes, but mainly for high treason .
William Wallace was imprisoned for a short time before he was executed in 1305. David II of Scotland was imprisoned in 1346 after being captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross. John Graham, Earl of Menteith imprisoned after Neville's Cross, hanged, drawn and quartered in 1347.
While all this took place, William Wallace was finally captured near Glasgow, and he was hanged, drawn, and quartered in London on 23 August 1305. In September 1305, Edward ordered Robert Bruce to put his castle at Kildrummy , "in the keeping of such a man as he himself will be willing to answer for," suggesting that King Edward suspected ...
Sir John Menteith of Ruskie and Knapdale (c. 1275 – c. 1329) was a Scottish nobleman during the Wars of Scottish Independence.He is known for his capture of Sir William Wallace in 1305 and later joined with King Robert I of Scotland and received large land grants in Knapdale and Kintyre for his service.
As William Wallace never received a funeral or a proper burial (as was then the custom for those accused of high treason), David R. Ross and The Society of William Wallace organised, on 23 August 2005 (the 700th anniversary of Wallace's execution), a full memorial function to commemorate the life of the Scottish hero.
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