Baldred Bisset ( 1260 – 1311?) was a medieval Scottish

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Life

During the

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, he was responsible for the Scottish submissions to the papal curia of 1301. Along with his colleagues William Frere and William of Eaglesham he prepared the Scottish case for sovereignty in the face of English claims and aggression by drawing upon and modifying the existing literature dealing with the

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s of the

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, as well as those of the other inhabitants of what would later be called

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, and with a lawyer's eye appraising the historical treaties between the two nations such as the

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of 1174–1189 and their evolution or repudiation. He was deprived of the parsonage of

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by King

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*Ferguson, William. ''The Identity of the Scottish Nation: A Historic Quest'', (Edinburgh, 1998), Medieval Scottish diplomats Medieval Scottish jurists 14th-century jurists Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence 1260s births 1310s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Clan Bissett People from Fife {{Scotland-law-bio-stub