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King Robert Bruce; murder, rebellion and civil war 1306-1313
Key dates/documents
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Feb 1302- Robert Bruce submits to Edward I to protect his Carrick lands and
the elusive ‘right’.
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11 June 1304-The Cumbuskenneth Bond of Robert Bruce and Bishop
Lamberton of St. Andrews.
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1305-Bruce in Parliament to decide Ordinance of Scotland but excluded
thereafter.
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10 Feb 1306-kills John Comyn of Badenoch in church of Blackfriars
Dumfries.
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25/27 March 1306-coronation at Scone.
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19 June 1306- Defeat, Methven, Dalry and then disappears into western Isles
and the Irish Sea world.
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Feb 1307-Lands in Carrick with Irish/Isleman support.
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April 1307-Glen Trool and in May Loudon Hill victories.
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7 July 1307-Edward I dies at Burgh on Sands.
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1307-08-Defeat of Ross, Comyn’s, Macdougalls, Macdowalls in turn, capture
of Aberdeen.
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March 1309-Parliament at St.Andrews in response to French King’s letter and
General Council of Church refusal to recognize Bruce as King. Declaration of
Clergy and Nobility.
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1308-14-Attacks on the English in southern Scotland.
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1311-First raids into northern England.
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29 October 1312-Inverness Treaty with Norwegians renewing 1266
Treaty.(Western Isles)
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Nov 1313-One year deadline declared by King Robert for his Scottish
opponents to enter into his peace.
Use green workbook for Chronology
Reading for the next period/week/essay
G.W.S Barrow, Robert the Bruce and the Community of the Realm (1988) Chapter 9
and 10.
C. McNamee, The Wars of the Bruces (1997) Chapter 2
M. Prestwich, Edward I, Chapter 18.
A.A.M Duncan, ‘The War of the Scots, 1306-23’
A. Young, Robert the Bruce’sRivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314 (1997) Chapter 7 and 8
Getting any of these publications will help you achieve your goals in the coming
year.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A.A.M Duncan, The Bruce, John Barbour (1997)
G.W.S Barrow, Robert the Bruce and the Community of the Realm (1988)
A. Grant, Independence and Nationhood: Scotland, 1306-1469 (1984)
C. McNamee, The Wars of the Bruces (1997)
R. Nicholson, Scotland, The Later Middle Ages (1978)
M. Penman, The Scottish Civil War: The Bruces and Balliols and the War for control
of Scotland (2002)
M. Prestwich, Edward I, (1986)
F. Watson, Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland (1998)
A. Young, Robert the Bruce’s Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314 (1997)