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William
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of Robert the Bruce, outside Stirling
Castle
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1313 Edward Bruce (brother of the would-be Scottish
King) blockaded Stirling Castle and forced King
Edward II to meet King Robert The Bruce's forces at
Bannockburn.
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On
the eve of the battle of Bannockburn Robert the
Bruce told his army 'My people who value greatly
the freedom for which the kings of Scotland have
suffered many struggles , dying in the Lord , let
them all think on the labours we suffered while we
have struggled for eight years now for our right to
the kingdom, for the honour and freedom '
The
English army under Edward II had 10,000 infantry
and 2,000 cavalry . The earls of Hereford ,
Gloucester and Pembroke were joined by Scottish
nobles John Comyn and Ingram de Umphraville . The
Scots had about 5,000 infantry men and 500 light
cavalry . The army formed up at Torwood a few miles
from Stirling .
In
the opening encounter of the battle Henry de Bohun
spotted Robert the Bruce alone and engaged him in
combat . They charged at each other on horseback .
Robert the Bruce landed a blow on de Bohun with his
axe , knocking him off his horse and killing him .
Part of the English army had advanced expecting the
Scots to retreat through New Park . The Scottish
army attacked Clifford and Beaumont's soldiers ,
killing some and putting the rest to flight .
Moray's schiltrom resisted a charge by the English
cavalry and inflicted heavy losses on them .
The
heavily outnumbered Scottish forces inflicted a
stunning defeat upon the English and Stirling
Castle was surrendered to King Robert.
For
648 years an annual remembrance service was held
for Queen Elizabeth de Burgh, wife of Robert the
Bruce in the north east fishing port of Cullen .
The Queen died there in 1327 while visiting
relatives . Robert the Bruce set aside 33 shillings
and 4 pennies to pay for an annual service in the
kirk in Cullen to remember his wife .
In
1543 Mary Queen of Scots also made a contribution
to the kings fund to ensure the services
continued.
In
1975 local government was reorganised and somehow
the fee of 2 guineas ( £2.10 ) for the service
was forgotten and it was abandoned . However this
week Moray Council has decided to recommence the
remembrance service . Dennis Clark said ' The
continuity of payment beyond the Reformation to
modern times and against the vagaries of Scottish
religious history must be almost unique in Scotland
and deserves to be regarded as a valuable part of
Cullen's local heritage .'
The
mistake was only discovered last year when local
schoolchildren looked into the history of the
church and asked the minister Rev Melvyn Wood about
the payment .
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