| 1337.063rs |
1305 |
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Waging war against the king, robberies, homicides and felonies, and damage to the church |
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| Trin. |
11 |
Edw. 3 |
[26] |
RS 171-173 |
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Westminster, palace of
London, Tower of
Aldgate
Elm
England
Scotland
London Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne
Berwick
Stirling
St. John, town of |
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| Judicium Willelmi Waleys. Consideratum est quod predictus Willelmus pro maxima sedicione quam ipse |
30 |
Noted at RS xxix=xxxiv.
Summary: The judgment on William Wallace. It is considered that William, for the very great sedition which he has committed against the king by feloniously devising and contriving his death, to the annihilation and overthrow of his crown and dignity, displaying a banner in mortal war against the king his legitimate lord, be drawn from the palace of Westminster to the Tower of London and from the Tower to Aldgate and so through the city to Elm; and for the robberies, homicides and felonies which he has committed in England and Scotland, he be hanged and afterwards taken down; and because he was outlawed and not afterwards restored to the king's peace, be beheaded; and afterwards, for his immense cruelty to God and Holy Church by burning churches, vessels, and shrines, that his heart, liver, lungs and all his entrails be cast into the fire and burned. Also, because he committed the said seditions, depredations, burnings, homicides and felonies not only against the king but also against the whole people of England and Scotland, that his body be cut into four parts, and that his head be placed upon London Bridge in the sight of all passengers by land and by water, and that one of his quarters be hung up at Newcastle upon Tyne, and another quarter at Berwick, a third quarter at Stirling, and the fourth at the town of St. John, for the terror and punishment of all who pass by and see it. |
| Alfred J. Horwood & Luke Owen Pike, Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third: Years XI and XII, Rolls Series no. 31, part B, vol. 1 (London 1883), pp. 170-173 |
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