Insurrection: Renegade [02] (68 page)

Robyn Young

Brighton

April 2012

CHARACTER LIST

(* Indicates fictitious characters, relationships or groups)

*ADAM: Gascon commander in a crossbow regiment of Edward I        

*AFFRAIG: wise woman from Turnberry

*AGNES: maid to Isabel, Countess of Buchan

*ALAN: steward of James Stewart

ALEXANDER II: King of Scotland (1214–49)

ALEXANDER III: King of Scotland (1249–86), brother-in-law of Edward I by his first marriage, died in 1286

ALEXANDER BRUCE: brother of Robert

ALEXANDER SETON: lord from East Lothian and *cousin of Christopher Seton

*ANDREW BOYD: Constable of Turnberry Castle

*ANGUS: man from Turnberry

ANTHONY BEK: Bishop of Durham

AYMER DE VALENCE: heir to the earldom of Pembroke, cousin of Edward I and brother-in-law of John Comyn III

*BETHOC: woman from Turnberry

BLACK COMYN (THE): Earl of Buchan and head of the Black Comyns

BONIFACE VIII: pope (1294–1303)

*BRIAN: companion of Prince Edward

*BRIGID: niece of Affraig

CELLACH: Archbishop of Armagh in the twelfth century

CHRISTIAN BRUCE: sister of Robert, married to Gartnait of Mar

CHRISTOPHER SETON: son of an English knight from Yorkshire and *cousin of Alexander Seton

*COLBAN: one of Dungal MacDouall’s men

*CORMAC: son of Lord Donough and foster-brother of Robert

DAVID OF ATHOLL: son of John of Atholl

DAVID GRAHAM: Scottish nobleman and rebel

DONALD OF MAR: son of Christian Bruce and Gartnait of Mar, Robert’s nephew

*DONNELL: monk from Bangor Abbey

*DONOUGH: Robert’s foster-father and lord of the Bruce estates in Antrim

*DUNCAN: steward of John Comyn II at Lochindorb

DUNCAN IV: Earl of Fife, nephew of Isabel, Countess of Buchan

DUNGAL MACDOUALL: (former) captain of the army of Galloway

EDMUND: son of Edward I and Marguerite of France

EDMUND COMYN: head of the Comyns of Kilbride

EDWARD I: King of England (1272–1307)

EDWARD OF CAERNARFON: son and heir of Edward I, Prince of Wales

EDWARD BALLIOL: son of John Balliol

EDWARD BRUCE: brother of Robert

*EDWIN: steward of Robert’s father in Writtle

EGIDIA DE BURGH: sister of Richard de Burgh, married to James Stewart

ELEANOR BALLIOL: sister of John Balliol, married to John Comyn II

*ELENA: daughter of Brigid

ELIZABETH (BESS): daughter of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile

ELIZABETH DE BURGH: daughter of the Earl of Ulster

*EMMA: governess to Robert’s daughter

*ESGAR: captain in the Earl of Ulster’s household

*EUAN: squire of Edward Bruce

*FERGUS: steward of Isabel, Countess of Buchan

GARTNAIT OF MAR: Earl of Mar, married to Christian Bruce

*GEOFFREY: companion of Prince Edward

*GILBERT: steward of Lord Donough

GILBERT DE LA HAY: Lord of Erroll

GRAY: second-in-command to William Wallace

GUY DE BEAUCHAMP: Earl of Warwick

HENRY III: King of England (1216–72)

HENRY PERCY: Lord of Alnwick and grandson of John de Warenne

*HUGH: squire of Humphrey de Bohun

HUMPHREY DE BOHUN: Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England

INGRAM DE UMFRAVILLE: guardian of Scotland

ISABEL BRUCE: sister of Robert, married to Eric II and Queen of Norway

ISABEL: Countess of Buchan, married to the Black Comyn

ISABELLA OF FRANCE: daughter of King Philippe IV

JAMES DOUGLAS: son and heir of William Douglas, and nephew of James Stewart

JAMES STEWART: High Steward of Scotland, married to Egidia de Burgh

*JEAN DE REIMS: royal knight from the French court

JOAN OF ACRE: daughter of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile

JOAN DE VALENCE: sister of Aymer de Valence and cousin of Edward I, married to John Comyn III

*JOHN: a Londoner

JOHN OF ATHOLL: Earl of Atholl and Sheriff of Aberdeen, married a daughter of the Earl of Mar, making him Robert’s brother-in-law

JOHN BALLIOL II: Lord of Galloway and brother-in-law of John Comyn II, King of Scotland (1292–96), deposed by Edward I in 1296

JOHN COMYN II: Lord of Badenoch and Justiciar of Galloway, brother-in-law of John Balliol and head of the Red Comyns

JOHN COMYN III: son and heir of John Comyn II and Eleanor Balliol, married to Joan de Valence

JOHN OF MENTEITH: son of the Earl of Menteith

JOHN SEGRAVE: lieutenant of Edward I in Scotland

JOHN DE WARENNE: Earl of Surrey

*JUDITH: wet nurse to Robert’s daughter

*LORA: maid to Elizabeth de Burgh

LLYWELYN AP GRUFFUDD: Prince of Wales, killed during the 1282–84 conquest

MADOG AP LLYWELYN: leader of an uprising against Edward I in Wales in 1294

MALACHY (ST): Archbishop of Armagh (1132–37), canonised in 1199

MALCOLM: Earl of Lennox

MALCOLM III (CANMORE): King of Scotland (1058–93)

MARGARET: half-sister of Robert from his mother’s first marriage

MARGARET (THE MAID OF NORWAY): granddaughter and heir of Alexander III, named Queen of Scotland after his death, but died on the voyage from Norway

MARGUERITE OF FRANCE: sister of Philippe IV, second wife of Edward I and Queen of England

MARJORIE BRUCE: daughter of Robert and Isobel of Mar

MARJORIE OF CARRICK: Countess of Carrick and Robert’s mother, died in 1292

*MARTIN: a knight in the household of Edward I

MARY BRUCE: sister of Robert

MATILDA BRUCE: sister of Robert

*MATTHEW: a knight from Robert’s Essex estates

*MURTOUGH: monk from Bangor Abbey

NEIL CAMPBELL: a knight from Argyll

NIALL BRUCE: brother of Robert

NIALL MAC EDAN: member of the secular family who claimed the right to the diocese of Armagh in the twelfth century

*NED: servant in the Earl of Ulster’s household

*NES: squire to Robert

*PIERRE: steward of John Balliol in Picardy

PIERS GAVESTON: companion of Prince Edward and ward of the king

PHILIPPE IV: King of France (1286–1314)

RALPH DE MONTHERMER: royal knight in the court of Edward I

*RANULF: huntsman of the Earl of Ulster

RICHARD DE BURGH: Earl of Ulster and Lord of Connacht

*RICHARD CROW: prison guard of Edward I        

ROBERT D’ARTOIS: Count of Artois

ROBERT BRUCE V: grandfather of Robert, competed for the throne of Scotland, died in 1295

ROBERT BRUCE VI: Lord of Annandale and father of Robert

ROBERT BRUCE VII: Earl of Carrick, Lord of Annandale on his father’s death and King of Scotland (1306–29)

ROBERT CLIFFORD: royal knight in the court of Edward I

ROBERT WINCHELSEA: Archbishop of Canterbury

ROBERT WISHART: Bishop of Glasgow

SIMON FRASER: Scottish nobleman and rebel

SIMON DE MONTFORT: Earl of Leicester, led a rebellion against Henry III, died in battle with Edward in 1265

*STEPHEN: a servant in the Earl of Ulster’s household

STRATHEARN: Earl of Strathearn

THOMAS OF BROTHERTON: son of Edward I and Marguerite of France

THOMAS BRUCE: brother of Robert

THOMAS OF LANCASTER: Earl of Lancaster and nephew of Edward I

THOMAS RANDOLPH: son of Margaret Bruce and Robert’s half-nephew

*WALTER: knight from Annandale

WILLIAM DOUGLAS: Lord of Douglas and father of James, died in the Tower in 1298

WILLIAM LAMBERTON: Bishop of St Andrews

WILLIAM OLIPHANT: commander of Stirling Castle

WILLIAM WALLACE: leader of the Scottish rebellion against Edward I in 1297

GLOSSARY

BASINET
: a close-fitting helmet, sometimes worn with a visor.

BRAIES
: undergarments worn by men.

CHAUSSES
: mail stockings.

COAT-OF-PLATES
: a cloth or leather garment with metal plates riveted to it, worn under the surcoat.

COIF
: a tight-fitting cloth cap worn by men and women, it could also be made of mail and worn by soldiers under or instead of a helm.

CROWN OF ARTHUR
: a coronet worn by the princes of Gwynedd, most notably Llywelyn ap Gruffudd who styled himself prince of Wales. Edward I seized the crown along with other important Welsh relics during the 1282-84 invasion and sent it to Westminster Abbey.

CURTANA
: also known as the Sword of Mercy because of its symbolically broken tip, it was thought to have belonged to St Edward the Confessor and became part of the English regalia used in coronations.

DESTRIER
: a warhorse.

DIRK
: Scots for dagger.

FALCHION
: a short sword with a curved edge.

GAMBESON
: a padded coat worn by soldiers, often made of quilted cloth, stuffed with felt or straw.

GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH
: thought to have been a Welshman or Breton by birth, Monmouth resided in Oxford during the twelfth century, where he was possibly a canon of St George’s College. Later, he became bishop of St Asaph. He wrote three known works during his life, the most famous being
The History of the Kings of Britain
of which the
Prophecies of Merlin
became part, followed by
The
Life of Merlin
. Despite mixing established British history with romantic fiction, Monmouth presented his writings as fact and many readers of his works took them as such, accepting King Arthur and Merlin as historical figures. Monmouth’s works, although criticised by some of his contemporaries, were hugely popular during the medieval period and from his
The History of the Kings of Britain
sprung the immense canon of Arthurian literature that graced Europe over the following centuries. Chrétien de Troyes, Malory, Shakespeare and Tennyson were all influenced by his work.

HAUBERK
: a shirt or coat of mail with long sleeves.

HUKE
: a hooded cloak.

JUSTICIAR
: a chief justice official. In Scotland there were three justiciars during the period: those of Galloway, Lothian and Scotia.

MAGNATE
: a high-ranking noble.

MOTTE
: a castle or keep built on a mound, often surrounded by a bailey.

PALFREY
: a light horse used for everyday riding.

PRIMOGENITURE
: the right of the first-born to inherit.

PROPHECIES OF MERLIN
: written by Geoffrey of Monmouth during the twelfth century. Originally composed as a separate volume, the
Prophecies
were later incorporated into his
The
History of the Kings of Britain
. According to Monmouth he was translating the work into Latin from an older text. Monmouth has been credited as being the creator of Merlin, but it is now believed he derived this enigmatic figure from earlier Welsh sources.

QUARREL
: an arrow for a crossbow.

ROUNCY
: a type of riding horse.

STAFF OF MALACHY
: also known as the Staff of Jesus, it was a wooden crosier covered with gold. It was believed to have belonged to St Patrick, who is said to have received it from Jesus. Highly revered by the Irish, it became connected with Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, when he was forced to pay off the leader of the secular clan who had possession of the staff and control of St Patrick’s cathedral and its diocese. According to popular law, only when Malachy had the staff could he claim to be the rightful archbishop. The staff was taken to Dublin in the late twelfth century, where it was burned as a superstitious relic in the sixteenth century.

STONE OF DESTINY
: also called the Stone of Scone, it was the ancient seat used in Scottish coronations. Thought to have been brought to Scone in the ninth century by Scotland’s king, Kenneth mac Alpin, its origins are unknown. It was seized by Edward I during the 1296 invasion and taken to Westminster Abbey where it was set in a specially designed throne and became part of the English coronation ceremony. It remained here until 1950 when four students stole it and returned it to Scotland. It was later sent back to England, before being officially presented to Edinburgh Castle in 1996, where it remains on display. It will be returned to Westminster for future coronations.