Oorzaak: Hanged and Beheaded. Their heads and bodies being exposed on the tower and gates of the city
1285-1307
This, if true, was probably in return for the ignominious and cruel fate to which his two brothers, Thomas and Alexander (the latter being at the time Dean of Glasgow), had been subjected in that city. Thomas was dragged through Carlisle tied to horses' tails, and, with his brother, was afterwards hanged and beheaded, their heads and bodies being exposed on the tower and gates of the city.
At least the remembrance of these things would add fuel to the fury of the Scots, and for ten days they held the city and its citadel in strict siege, on each day making an assault on one of the three gates, or on all three simultaneously.
Bruce and Campbell Family Tree from John Leitch (b. 1849) and Ann Rattray (B. 1848)
Parents James Rattray and Margaret Campbell, m. 23 November 1845, Dalgety Parish
It was next resolved to lay siege to the strong English fortress of Carlisle. To effect this Bruce and Douglas joined their forces, and mustering a considerable army, arrived at Carlisle about the 22d of July. Bruce, it was commonly reported, had vowed that he would eat no flesh until he had avenged himself on the wardens of Carlisle.
This, if true, was probably in return for the ignominious and cruel fate to which his two brothers, Thomas and Alexander (the latter being at the time Dean of Glasgow), had been subjected in that city.
Thomas was dragged through Carlisle tied to horses' tails, and, with his brother, was afterwards hanged and beheaded, their heads and bodies being exposed on the tower and gates of the city.
At least the remembrance of these things would add fuel to the fury of the Scots, and for ten days they held the city and its citadel in strict siege, on each day making an assault on one of the three gates, or on all three simultaneously.