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Arbroath (/ ɑːr ˈ b r oʊ θ /) or Aberbrothock (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Bhrothaig [2] [ˈopəɾ ˈvɾo.ɪkʲ]) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. [3]
Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket , whom the king had met at the English court. [ 1 ]
The Hospital of St John the Baptist, at Arbroath, Scotland, was founded in the early 14th century by the monastic community at Arbroath Abbey.The exact date for the foundation is uncertain, but it is first recorded in 1325 during the time that Bernard of Kilwinning (1324–c.1328) was Abbot of Arbroath.
The original Crown Charter [8] for the Lordship of Arbroath (or Aberbrothwick) was granted to James, 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, during the reign of James VI of Scotland and marked a significant moment in Scottish history, as lands formerly under the control of the Arbroath Abbey, one of Scotland's wealthiest ecclesiastical estates, were transferred to a powerful noble family.
The Declaration of Arbroath included in the text of the Scotichronicon in the British Library.. The Declaration was part of a broader diplomatic campaign, which sought to assert Scotland's position as an independent kingdom, [5] rather than its being a feudal land controlled by England's Norman kings, as well as to lift the excommunication of Robert the Bruce. [6]
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The Wallace Book (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2007) 240pp. ' For Freedom Alone': The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2003) 162pp. Scottish History: The Power of the Past , ed. with Richard Finlay (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002) 279pp.
D. Miller, Arbroath and its abbey; or, The early history of the town and abbey of Aberbrothock: including notices of ecclesiastical and other antiquities in the surrounding district, (Edinburgh, 1860) A.T. Simpson and S. Stevenson, "Historic Arbroath: the archaeological implications of development", (Glasgow Dept of Archaeology, 1982)