Bothwell Castle (14)
I can't remember where I took this! Within the 13th century south curtain wall I think.
We don't know when the newly finished Bothwell Castle became habitable. It is known to have been in use in 1278, as in that year Walter de Moravia dated a charter from "Botheuyle". Just 13 years later, Edward I of England was asked to arbitrate between the various claimants for the vacant Scottish throne. The claimants were forced to acknowledge Edward as their Lord Paramount and accept his arbitration (a decision influenced in part by the fact that most of the claimants had large estates in England which they would have lost had they defied him). Edward then ordered that every Scottish royal castle be placed temporarily under his control, and while Bothwell was not 'royal', it is likely that it came under English control at this time too.
From the naming of John Balliol as King of Scots in November 1292, relations with a domineering Edward of England steadily deteriorated, a situation made worse by Scottish factional fighting. When Edward discovered in 1295 that a Franco-Scottish alliance (later known as the Auld Alliance) had been signed, he started preparations to invade the following year.
Bothwell Castle (14)
I can't remember where I took this! Within the 13th century south curtain wall I think.
We don't know when the newly finished Bothwell Castle became habitable. It is known to have been in use in 1278, as in that year Walter de Moravia dated a charter from "Botheuyle". Just 13 years later, Edward I of England was asked to arbitrate between the various claimants for the vacant Scottish throne. The claimants were forced to acknowledge Edward as their Lord Paramount and accept his arbitration (a decision influenced in part by the fact that most of the claimants had large estates in England which they would have lost had they defied him). Edward then ordered that every Scottish royal castle be placed temporarily under his control, and while Bothwell was not 'royal', it is likely that it came under English control at this time too.
From the naming of John Balliol as King of Scots in November 1292, relations with a domineering Edward of England steadily deteriorated, a situation made worse by Scottish factional fighting. When Edward discovered in 1295 that a Franco-Scottish alliance (later known as the Auld Alliance) had been signed, he started preparations to invade the following year.