William Wallace
Short History Of...
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The King of England and Scotland, Sir John De Monteith
In the early 13 hundreds, even in his absence, wallace is a thorn in the side of the english king with a bounty on his head. King edward spends tone shillings and tenpence on the execution of william wallace. It's a huge amount demonstrating how the scottish rebel was important enough to warrant a spectacle,. The details are recorded in the exchequer roll for 13 o five which lists all the king's finances and justifies his expenses. On a holy day at the bartholomew fair, every one knows the pretender is dead. Your dinner is spoiled by loud descriptions of how he was disembowelled, castrated, beheaded
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