Welcome to the Order of the First Scottish War of Independence, 1296-1320.
We are an American Lineage Society that welcomes into membership the living descendants of those men who fought in the many battles, skirmishes, and sieges that comprised that first war. Explore our website further to learn about those battles, some of the known participants, membership eligibility, our application, and more.
Our organization allows for membership via an ancestor who fought on either side of the War – the Scottish or the English – and also via an ancestor who signed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320.
Image credits (top to bottom, left to right): Royal Banner of Scotland; John Balliol, King of Scotland [r. 1292-1296] (from “Music for Allan Ramsay’s Collection, 1725” in Britain Magazine online); Robert Bruce, King of Scotland [r. 1306-1329] (stipple engraving by Henry Hoppner Meyer, 1806); Plantagenet Arms of Edward I, II, and III of England; Edward I, King of England [r. 1272-1307] (Painting on wood by unknown author at Westminster Abbey, photographed by Angelo Hornak, in Britain Magazine online 2 Aug 2017); Edward II, King of England [r. 1307-1327] and his “favorite,” Piers Gaveston (Painting by Marcus Stone, 1872); Battle scene of the First Scottish War of Independence as envisioned by a modern artist, from Quizz Club; Declaration of Arbroath.
Order of the First Scottish War of Independence, 1296-1320 