Craufurd of Craufurdland

  Noted events in his life were:

• Details. I. Records fail to establish the name of the eldest son of James, although it is probable that it was John. The details of his deeds are less well known, but it is likely that both James and his son 'John' would have continued their allegiance to Wallace after his death, and as such be seen at Bannockburn.

"In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Scotsmen and won their freedom." As Bannockburn is in Stirlingshire just north of Lanark, there is no doubt that the Crawfords and Wallace's older brother Malcolm fought in the memory of their previously executed nephews, cousins, and uncles in this struggle for Scottish independence. The main branches of the family were Crawford of Auchinames (in Renfrewshire) who received a grant of land from Robert the Bruce, plus Craufurd of Craufurdland.