William de Ormesby was Edward Is justiciar — his chief administrator for Scotland. He was holding court to receive submissions from Scottish landowners and administer English law when Wallace attacked. Ormesby barely escaped. The attack on the judicial administration rather than a military target showed Wallaces strategic understanding: destroying English civil governance was as important as defeating English armies. The attack electrified Scottish opinion and accelerated the rising that led to Stirling Bridge.
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