The killing of Heselrig — Sheriff of Lanark and symbol of English oppressive administration — was the act that transformed Wallace from a local troublemaker into a leader of national resistance. Traditional accounts link the killing to personal revenge for the death of his wife Marion Braidfute, though this may be later embellishment. Heselrig was hacked to pieces in his own house. The killing electrified Scottish resistance: Wallace was the first man of any standing to openly defy Edward I with violence rather than submit.
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