Battle of Bannockburn - 23 June 1314
(Excerpt from English history book)
On the fields occurred one of the most infamous episodes in Scottish history. Sir Henry de Bohun, nephew of the Earl of Hereford, was riding ahead of his companions when he caught sight of the Scottish king. De Bohun lowered his lance and began a charge that carried him to lasting fame.
King Robert the Scot [1] was ahead of his Scottish Army, overseeing the battlefield. He mounted on a small palfrey, armed with only a battle-axe and had no armour on. As de Bohun's great war-horse thundered towards him, King Robert stood his ground, watched with hushed anxiety by his own army.
With the Englishman only metres away his horse shied and threw Robert off balance, allowing de Bohun to hit the Scottish King with his lance. It is said by the author of the Vita Edwardi Secundi (Life of Edward II), that de Bohun's lance penetrated so deep that de Bohun actually hit his hand on the Scottish Kings' chest. [2]
The palfrey under King Robert bolted as the Scot was pinned to the floor by de Bohun's lance. De Bohun quickly dropped off his war-horse, took the Scottish crown and fled the battlefield, chased by 500 Scottish Knights and almost half of the footsoldiers in the Roberts' Army.
It is believed that the remaining soldiers, fled the battlefield after the death of Robert the Bruce. The ones who didn't fell upon the English army led by King Edward II and were promptly surrounded and destroyed. The bloody Scottish crown was presented to King Edward after the battle and in Stirling Castle, Edward was crowned King of Scotland.
[1] - Butterflies from the POD.
[2] - The POD, Robert the Bruce killed de Bohun in OTL.
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What would happen next, would there be more rebellions by the Scots? And who would lead them?
What would the reprecussion be against the Scots from Edward II? What would his next steps?
I may turn this into a TL but then again maybe not, I have another TL I'm researching at the moment but this could be a interesting side project for me.