Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, conspired with Wallace and the Stewart of Scotland in the summer of 1297 to arm and support the growing resistance. Wishart provided timber stockpiled under licence for church repairs to construct siege engines and distributed arms from cathedral stores, a decision for which he was later imprisoned by Edward I. The episcopal backing gave Wallace's movement political legitimacy and access to resources beyond a mere border outlaw band.
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