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Simon Fraser (died 1306)

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182: 47: 201:. Fraser was made a household knight – effectively, a member of the royal bodyguard – and gifted a horse by Edward before the Battle of Falkirk. Fraser was thus among the English cavalry divisions that defeated the army of William Wallace. On 27 March 1299, in recognition of his good service, he was restored his lands and titles. He was the Keeper of 224:(also known as "Red Comyn"). Here Fraser killed Ralph Manton, an English treasury clerk, whom Fraser accused of embezzling King Edward of funds and neglecting to pay Fraser's wages when he was in English service. Consequently, the 274:
by Sir Thomas de Multon and Sir John Jose. King Edward had commanded all captured supporters of King Robert executed and, in particular, the lands of Simon Fraser harried and burnt. The prisoner was sent to London, and
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and defeated. By June Fraser had deserted Wallace and accepted Edward's peace terms. In January 1305 he was employed, along with all other Scottish knights, to hunt down his former comrade Wallace.
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When Edward's intention to usurp the Scottish throne became evident, Fraser joined the Scottish party. He was captured during the
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on 27 April 1296 and was sent to a prison in England. He was forfeited of his lands. He was released to serve King
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Memorial stone to Sir Simon Fraser at Almondell and Calderwood Park, West Lothian.
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In March 1306 Fraser once again broke faith with King Edward and defected to
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People executed under the Plantagenets by hanging, drawing and quartering
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In March 1304, Fraser and Wallace were ambushed by English forces at the
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along with Red Comyn met his army and submitted. Fraser refused to swear
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Margaret Fraser, married Sir Gilbert Haya of Lochorwart, passing the
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Joan Fraser, married Sir Patrick Fleming of Biggar, passing the
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Video footage of the memorial to Sir Simon Fraser at Almondell.
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He switched back to the Scottish side in mid-1301 and led the
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The Battle of Falkirk (1298) and the Execution of Wallace
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Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence
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Index

Simon Fraser (d. 1306)
Sir

London
Battle of Dunbar
Flanders
Siege of Caerlaverock
Battle of Roslin
Battle of Happrew
Battle of Methven
Oliver
Neidpath
Scottish
knight
Wars of Scottish Independence
hanged, drawn, and quartered
Sheriff
Peebles
Traquair
Edward I of England
William Comyn of Kirkintilloch

Battle of Dunbar
Edward I of England
expedition in Flanders in 1297
Selkirk Forest
Siege of Caerlaverock
Scottish
Battle of Roslin
John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

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