1305 in Scotland

Events from the year 1305 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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  • 1303
  • 1302
  • 1301
  • 1300
1305
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 12th
  • 13th
  • 14th
  • 15th
  • 16th
Decades:
  • 1280s
  • 1290s
  • 1300s
  • 1310s
  • 1320s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1305 in: England Ireland Elsewhere

Events

  • May – a parliament meets in Perth to elect the Scottish delegation to the Westminster parliament.
  • 5 August – John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to King Edward of England, captures William Wallace and turns him over to English soldiers at Robroyston.
  • September – parliament meets and spends 20 days drafting an ordinance for Scottish administration.[1] John of Brittany is appointed to serve as Guardian, assisted by a council of 22 Scottish aristocrats.[2]
  • Approximate date – Scottish physician Bernard Gordon writes his short treatise Lilium medicinae which will become the first known book by a Scot to be printed (c. 1480 in Paris).

Deaths

  • 23 August – William Wallace, landowner and leader of Scottish resistance. Executed in London.
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See also

References

  1. Traquair, Peter. Freedom's Sword.
  2. McNamee, Colm. Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord.


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