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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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