[MR] BBC: William Wallace as King of Scotland

[Garth G. Groff]

Noble friends,

Here's an interesting piece from the BBC about a formerly overlooked 
entry into King Edward I's "Pipe Roll", which charges Sir William 
Wallace with attempting to usurp the throne of Scotland: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13412135 . Maybe. 
Maybe not. History has a way of getting twisted one way or the other for 
political gain. All the books I've ever read say that as Protector of 
Scotland, Sir William always acted in the name of exiled King John 
Balloil. That doesn't mean Scottish history wasn't cleaned up a bit to 
make Sir William the perfect martyr, any more than the "Pipe Roll" entry 
proves he was a traitor to Scotland. The entry does throw interesting 
light on how much King Edward hated Sir William, and could have been 
propaganda aimed at his memory in Scotland. Ah, such is history!

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot