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Stevie
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| Dave Coull wrote: | | Stevie wrote: | | one of the greatest 'Scots' in my view was Sir Christopher Seaton who with 'I'll mak sicar' went into*Greyfriars and finished off the ignoble Red Comyn, allowing Robert Bruce to be crowned King of Scots and wage the wars of independence..........He didn't have a drop of Scottish blood |
Robert Bruce himself was the second biggest landowner in all of England. The only person who owned more of England than Robert Bruce was King Edward himself. Which is one reason why, until that business about makkin sicar, Bruce kept switching sides. The population of Scotland, at any given time in history, includes significant numbers of folk who are relatively new to the country. It can be interesting to research ancestors and all that stuff, but, for practical purposes, what matters is what we do in the here and now. |
Bruce didn't keep switching sides. He and his family did at the beginning to get their crown but after that, Bruce only accepted to work within a Scotland ruled by England because everyone else had surrendered - he had no other choice.
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