The killing of Marion Braidfute by English forces under Haselrig, reportedly carried out as a reprisal for harbouring Wallace, provided the immediate personal grievance behind Wallace's night attack on Lanark in May 1297. Contemporary and near-contemporary sources differ on details but agree that a violent English act against someone close to Wallace preceded the Haselrig killing. The episode illustrates the localised and personal dimension of the resistance alongside its political character.
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