#OTD in 1334 King Edward III of England ordered the sheriff of Cumberland, Ranulph Dacre, to seize the lands of Alexander Mowbray in his county as he "has lately rebelled and joined the Scots..." #medieval #Scottish #History #medievaltwitter #OnThisDay #OnThisDate #Scotland
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Mowbray was a Scotsman who had fallen foul of Robert I in the 1320s due to his family's involvement in the Soules conspiracy of 1320. As a result, they had fled to England, but they returned to Scotland in 1332 with the other Disinherited and alongside King Edward Balliol.