Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray and Bruce's most trusted commander, conducted the systematic liberation of Lothian castles in the years before Bannockburn. His most famous exploit was the night scaling of Edinburgh Castle rock in 1313 using a rope ladder — guided by a soldier named William Francis who had previously climbed the same route to visit a girlfriend in Edinburgh. The castle fell without a fight after the walls were scaled in the dark.
Randolph with c.30 men for the Edinburgh escalade; larger forces for other castle reductions
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