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The Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. It is the subject of an extremely highly coloured account written by Walter Bower in the mid-15th century which bears no relationship to the contemporary evidence. The battlefield is currently under research to be inventoried〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Inventory of Historic Battlefields - Battle of Roslin )〕 and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009. ==The Battle== The Scottish historian John of Fordun wrote this description of the battle: ''There never was so desperate a struggle, or one in which the stoutness of knightly prowess shone forth so brightly. The commander and leader in this struggle was John Comyn, the son... John Comyn, then guardian of Scotland, and Simon Fraser with their followers, day and night, did their best to harass and to annoy, by their general prowess, the aforesaid kings officers and bailiffs... the aforesaid John Comyn and Simon, with their abettors, hearing of their arrival at Rosslyn and wishing to steal a march rather than have one stolen upon them, came briskly through from Biggar to Rosslyn, in one night, with some chosen men, who chose rather death before unworthy subjection to the English nation; and all of a sudden they fearlessly fell upon the enemy.''〔 The accounts speak of the English army being divided up into three divisions, commanded by Sir John Segrave (or John de Segrave), Ralph Manton and Sir Robert Neville, which entered Roslin. While in their respective camps, the English divisions were taken by surprise by Comyn.〔 The Scots drove the English knights over the steep sides of Roslin Glen and cut down their English prisoners.〔("John 'Red' Comyn, Lord of Badenoch", Foghlam Alba )〕 Several place-names commemorate the battle, such as Shinbanes Field where many bones were afterwards found, Hewan, thought to have been the site of the third encounter,〔("Hewan Wood", Esk Valley Trust )〕 and Killburne, a small brook said to have been discoloured with blood for three days.〔("Battle Of Roslin", John Gray Centre, East Lothian )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Roslin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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