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of Bruce, and was present at his coronation at Scone on the 

 27th March, 1306, — 45 days after the death of Comyn at 

 Dumfries ; and when Bruce was unhorsed at Methven by 

 Philip de Mowbray, Sir Christopher, then acting as his par- 

 ticular Esquire, rescued him.* 



After the defeat of Methven, Sir Christopher took refuge 

 in the Castle of Loch Ur,-f- and when that fortress surren- 

 dered he was taken prisoner, brought to Dumfries, and there 

 condemned and executed. His brother, Alexander Seton, 

 was executed at Newcastle, and others suffered at other 

 places.^ Bruce's daughter Marjory, and his sister Christina, 

 the wife of Sir Christopher, were immured in convents, 

 having been taken at the Girth of Tain, to which they had 

 fled with other ladies from KUdrummy in the hope of safety.J 



According to Trivet, the English historian. Sir Christo- 

 pher, being deemed an Englishman, not a Scotsman, was 

 ordered to be led off to Dumfries, where he had slain a 

 certain knight of the English interest, and there was forced 

 to undergo judgment, drawn, hanged, and afterwards be- 

 headed. 



This sentence would seem to imply a charge of treason, 

 and therefore it was no doubt that his Anglo-Norman lineage 

 was made to pass muster in the account against him. 



Hemingford, another English historian, says it was 

 Comyn's brother, Sir Robert, who was thus slain. The letter 

 of King Edward on the occasion of Comyn's death is vague 

 and general, stating that the Comyn was slain and some 

 others. But in general our historians mention only the Red 

 Comyn and his uncle. Sir Robert. 



It is probable that Sir Christopher Seton was at the 

 monastery of Dumfries with Bruce, and he may have ran 

 in with Kirkpatrick to despatch Comyn, and Sir Robert who 

 came to his defence ; and that Seton's presence and assistance 

 on the occasion were made the groundwork of the charge 

 against him. There appears nothing to connect him with 



* Kerr's Bruce, chap. 4. 



t Nicokon's Galloway, I., 244. 



X Kerr's Bruce, chap. 6. 



