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Wallace
In Scotland the word Wallace was used to describe the Britons of Strathclyde,
and is derived from a Latin word, Walensis, used as a description of
the Welsh.
In the 12th Century Richard Wallace, was given extensive lands in Ayrshire,
in the disrict, known as Riccarton. His descendant was the father of
William Wallace, Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie.
William Wallace began his patriotic mission whilst very young, He harassed
the English to such an extent that it won him many friends in Scotland.
He gained even more support for his revenge attacks on the garrison
at Lanark for the murder of his first love, and the burning of the
barns of Ayr for the murder of his uncle.
His military genius made him despised by Edward I, and the only defeats
that Wallace ever suffered were those made by jealousies and treacheries
of the nobles in his armies.
He was betrayed and finally caught at Robroyston, near Glasgow and
delivered to Edward I by Sir John Mentieth. He was brutally executed
in London in 1305.
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