Everything about Hugh De Cressingham totally explained
Hugh de Cressingham (d.
September 11 1297) was the
treasurer of the
English administration in
Scotland during 1296-97. He wasn't well liked by the Scots nor the English. He was an advisor to the
Earl of Surrey at the
Battle of Stirling Bridge. He suggested a full scale attack across the bridge, which cost the English the battle and led to his own demise.
According to legend, his body was flayed by the Scots as he'd flayed Scotland, and
William Wallace made a sword belt out of his skin. The
Lanercost Chronicle states the Scots dried and cured his hide and:
The
Scalacronica merely states that:
Walter of Hemingburgh recorded:
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