Sir Reginald Crawford (died 17 February 1307) was a Scottish knight who took part in the

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. On 14 May 1296, the English administration appointed him as Sheriff of Ayr by the English administration.Penman, Michael ''Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots'' In June 1297, he was one of several Scots nobles who did a deal where the English released them to fight against

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.Traquair, Peter ''Freedom's Sword'' This suggests that he may have participated in the revolt in early 1297, which ended in the capitulation at

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. He supported

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and was captured during the

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in February 1307. He was executed by hanging in

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, England. He may have been related to Ronald Crawford, who was hanged at the

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, but this issue is surrounded by uncertainty and later legend.

References

*''History of the Shire of Renfrew,''

George Crawfurd George Crawford (also Crawfurd) (1681-1748) was a Scottish genealogist and historian. Life He was the third son of Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn. When Simon Fraser laid claim to the barony of Lovat, he employed Crawfurd to investigate the case ...

, Glasgow, 1710. *''The Life and Heroick Actions of the Renoun'd Sir William Wallace, General and Governor of Scotland,'' Blind Harry (Blin Hary or Henry the Minstrel), original personal manuscript, c. 1475. *'' Blind Harry's Wallace'', William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, original publication 1722, Luath Press, Edinburgh, 1998, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Reginald 1307 deaths Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence Executed Scottish people People executed under the Plantagenets People from Ayr Scottish sheriffs 13th-century Scottish judges Scottish knights Reginald 14th-century Scottish judges