Scotland — Minor Figures

9 figures from The Boy's Froissart who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Robert, King of Scotland

king · first appears Book 1, Chapter 10

Book 1, Chapter 10 · enemies with King Edward I “Robert, King of Scotland, who, though brave, had suffered much in his wars with England, having often been defeated by King Edward,”
Book 1, Chapter 10 · enemies with King Edward “About Easter, 1327, he sent a defiance to King Edward and all the country, informing them that he would enter the kingdom, and burn it as far as he had done before after the defeat of Stirling, in which the English suffered so much.”

king · first appears Book 1, Chapter 26

Book 1, Chapter 26 · with King Philip “The King of Scotland was also there, under the appointment of the King of France, and had a handsome body of men given him.”

knight · first appears Book 1, Chapter 25

Book 1, Chapter 25 · allies with Sir William Douglas “When they had got about half-way up the hill, Sir William Douglas and Sir Simon Fraser advanced before the others”

knight · first appears Book 1, Chapter 17

Book 1, Chapter 17 · friends with Robert Bruce “My dear friend Lord James Douglas, you know that I have had much to do, and have suffered many troubles, to support the rights of my crown.”
Book 1, Chapter 17 · with Robert Bruce “I will that as soon as I shall be dead you take my heart from my body, and have it well embalmed; you will also take as much money from my treasury as will appear to you sufficient to perform your journey, as well as for all those whom you may choose to take with you in your train: you will then deposit your charge at the Holy Sepulchre of our Lord, where he was buried, since my body cannot go there.”

son of Robert Bruce · first appears Book 1, Chapter 17

Book 1, Chapter 17 · parent: Robert Bruce “he commanded them upon their honor and loyalty to keep faithfully the kingdom for his son David, to crown him king when he was of a proper age, and to marry him with a lady suitable to his station.”
Book 1, Chapter 61 · with Raynold “Raynold, Lord of the Isles, who governed the wild Scots, and whom alone they obeyed, was sent to, and entreated to attend the parliament. He complied with the request”

king · first appears Book 1, Chapter 25

Book 1, Chapter 25 · mentor: Sir Robert Fraser “Sir Robert Fraser, who had been tutor to King David of Scotland”

captain · first appears Book 1, Chapter 14

Book 1, Chapter 14 · allies with Sir James Douglas “This army was commanded by two valiant captains. The King of Scotland himself, who had been very brave, yet being old, and laboring under a leprosy, appointed for one that gallant prince, so renowned in arms, the Earl of Moray, who bore upon his banner argent three pillows gules; the other was Sir James Douglas, esteemed the bravest and most enterprising knight in the two kingdoms: he bore for arms azure on a chef argent.”

Lord of the Isles · first appears Book 1, Chapter 61

Book 1, Chapter 61 · with King David “Raynold, Lord of the Isles, who governed the wild Scots, and whom alone they obeyed, was sent to, and entreated to attend the parliament. He complied with the request”

appointed governor of Edinburgh Castle · first appears Book 1, Chapter 25

Book 1, Chapter 25 · with edinburghcastle “The Scots remained in the castle all that day, and appointed for governor a squire of that country, called Sir Simon de Vesci, and left with him many of his countrymen.”

Extracted from the original text of The Boy's Froissart. Made with Rho MD.