Sir Thomas Maule was the youngest son of Sir Peter Maule and

Christina de Valognes Christina de Valognes (died 1256), was a Scottish noble. She was the daughter and heiress of William de Valognes, Baron of Panmure and Benvie, and Great Chamberlain, High Chamberlain of Scotland. She married Peter Maule, Sir Peter Maule of Fowl ...

, Baron and Baroness of Panmure and Benvie. He was Captain of

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Castle, and led the defence when the English forces, led by

Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 125 ...

laid

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in July, 1303, during the First War of Independence. The defending forces purportedly held out for 20 days, before Maule was killed on the battlements by a stone hurled from a

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, after which the garrison yielded.

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