Ok we know the film 'braveheart' was riddled with ludicrous inaccuracies. What we know is that longshanks on his march north stopped at Kirkliston, a known templar stronghold. Did he there enlist the support of the templars in the forthcoming battle? Was the banner of the templars raised at the battle as a signal for the Comyns and their cavalry to leave the field and abandon Wallace and his schiltroms to their fate?
The one piece of compelling evidence is that the only English losses of note were Br. Brian Le Jay and Br. John de Sawtry the two most prominent templar knights of their day. Their slaying has all the hallmarks of Wallace's distinctive style as was his killing of the Sherif of Lanark 2 years earlier?
Most ironic, in view of the fact that the Brus, who gave refuge to these same templars after their 'discomfiture' at the hands of Philip the Fair in 1309, used them to so deadly effect in 1314!
2006-11-15
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