Robert the Bruce Hoody - Blue

For those who have seen Braveheart he was played by the amazing Angus Macfadyen and was robbed an Oscar nomination in my opinion! But Robert the Bruce was real of course and he was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329.

He has a particularly important link to Aberdeen in regards to the 1319 Charter. I’ve borrowed this straight from the Aberdeen City Council website and you can read more here but here’s the gist:

Written in Latin, the Stocket Charter granted to the “burgesses and community of our burgh of Aberdeen” by Robert the Bruce on 10^th December 1319 is one of the pivotal documents in the city’s history. Many Aberdonians and visitors to the city will be familiar with the sculpted version of the charter which Bruce is holding aloft outside Marischal College, sometimes providing a convenient perch for seagulls.

As a reward for its loyalty, the burgh received several grants from Robert the Bruce, including custody of the forest of Stocket, culminating in this charter which gave all revenues from the burgh courts, market tolls, fishings etc., to the burgesses in perpetuity, in return for an annual payment of £213 6s 8d.

The charter reserved sporting and timber rights for the crown, but otherwise the city obtained absolute possession. It was an extremely valuable gift, allowing the burgh to generate significant income and to lay the basis for the ‘Common Good Fund’ which survives to this day. It also enabled Aberdeen to become a significant economic and political power in late-medieval and early-modern Scotland.

And so our long time collaborator Chris Graham aka D.Funkt Robot came up with this homage to the man himself and his statue outside Marischal College here in Aberdeen. These are hand screen printed back print with a logo front left.

Please wash these inside out and at no more than 30 deg!

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