Scotland · Government / Government of Scotland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Wallace is betrayed by one of his own compatriots, Scots knight Sir John Menteith, who was said to have turned over a bannock (a flat oat-cake) on a tavern table, a sign to the English that the brigand was amongst them. Arrested by Sir John Menteith near Glasgow & taken to Dumbarton Castle
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