From Kenny Collins
bigcrighton@aol.com
However, following the re-discovery of William
Wallace's seal in 1999, the Ayrshire case has began to gather momentum. The
seal identifies Wallace as the son of Alan Wallace and not Malcolm and Alan
Wallace appears in the Ragman Roll of 1296 as a 'crown tenant in Ayrshire'.
Dr. Fiona Watson in 'A Report into Sir William Wallace's connections with
Ayrshire' (March 1999), carries out a detailed reassessment of William
Wallace's early years and concludes 'Sir William Wallace was a younger son
of Alan Wallace, a crown tenant in Ayrshire'. On reading this report the
renowned Wallace historian, Andrew Fisher, concedes 'If the Alan of the
Ragman Roll was indeed the patriot's father, then the current argument in
favour of an Ayrshire rather than a Renfrewshire origin for Wallace can be
settled' |
