1272 - 1305 (33 years)
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Name |
William "The Patriot" Wallace |
Prefix |
Sir |
Nickname |
The Patriot |
Birth |
1272 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
24 Aug 1305 |
Smithfield, London |
- Hung, Drawn & Quartered At Smithfield, London
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Person ID |
I122186 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
7 May 2017 |
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Notes |
- William Wallace was a member of the lesser nobility, but little is definitely known of his family history or even his parentage. Blind Harry's late-15th-century poem gives his father as Sir Malcolm of Elderslie; however William's own seal, found on a letter sent to the Hanse city of L?beck in 1297, gives his father's name as Alan Wallace. This Alan Wallace may be the same as the one listed in the 1296 Ragman Rolls as a crown tenant in Ayrshire, but there is no additional confirmation.
Blind Harry's assertion that William was the son of Sir Malcolm of Elderslie has given rise to a tradition that William's birthplace was at Elderslie in Renfrewshire, and this is still the view of some historians, including the historical William Wallace Society itself. However, William's seal has given rise to a counter claim of Ellerslie in Ayrshire. There is no contemporary evidence linking him with either location, although both areas had connections with the wider Wallace family. Records show early members of the family as holding estates at Riccarton, Tarbolton, and Auchincruive in Kyle, and Stenton in East Lothian. They were vassals of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland as their lands fell within his territory. Wallace's brothers Malcolm and John are known from other sources.
The origins of the Wallace surname and its association with southwest Scotland are also far from certain, other than the name's being derived from the Old English wylisc (pronounced "wullish"), meaning "foreigner" or "Welshman". It is possible that all the Wallaces in the Clyde area were medieval immigrants from Wales, but as the term was also used for local Cumbric-speaking Strathclyde Welsh, it seems equally likely that the surname refers to people who were seen as being "Welsh" due to their Cumbric language.
- (Research):See Stirnet Genealogy athttp://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ww/wallace01.htm
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Richard Wallace, 1st of Riccarton (a c1190)
1. Adam Wallace of Riccarton
A. Adam Wallace of Riccarton
i. ?? Wallace
a. ?? Wallace not sure on the number of intervening generations
(1) ?? Wallace
(A) John (?) Wallace of Riccarton
m. Margaret Lindsay (dau of Sir John Lindsay, 4th of Craigie)
b. ?? Wallace of Elderslie
B. Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie
m1. ??
i. Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie
ii. daughter
m. Thomas Halliday
iii. daughter
m. ?? Little
m2. Margaret Crawford (dau of Hugh de Crawford of Loudoun)
iv. Andrew Wallace of Elderslie (dsp)
v. Sir William Wallace 'the patriot', Guardian of Scotland (b 1276, d23.08.1305)
m/p. Marion Braidfoot
a. daughter ..
m. William Baliol or Baillie, 2nd of Hoprig
Main sources: BLG1952 (Wallace of that ilk), BLG1850 (Wallace of Kelly)
Stirnet also says (January 2004) "[This family is still being researched.This page should be viewed as little more than 'draft for discussion'because there are a number of issues still to be resolved, not just thosespecifically mentioned below.]"
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