Sir Thomas Maule was the youngest son of Sir Peter Maule and

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, Baron and Baroness of Panmure and Benvie. He was Captain of

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Castle, and led the defence when the

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forces, led by

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laid

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in July, 1303, during the First War of Independence. The defending forces purportedly held out for 20 days, before Maule was killed on the battlements by a stone hurled from a

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, after which the garrison yielded.

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