Originally Posted by
Hanny
M Prestwick Edward I
Page 470 onwards
Paraphrase aqcouple of pages.
1296 Edward asked the shires to provide 60,000 infantry and 1000 MAArms to assemble at Newcastle, in addition to the Royal Household troops,( 522 foot, 338 mounted) pay rolls for this show less than half requested arrived and drew pay ( 1296 vampaign cost the crown £21,443, suggesteing a sum of 25k total payed service) Irish contribution was 1 Earl, 8 Bannwerets, 26 Knights,261 Hobilars, 27 croosbowmen, 2,549 infantry.
1297. Contracts for Warrene, Norfolk,Warwick, Glocester and H Percy for service under pay in Scotland issued, Plus royal Houshold ( 3000 mounted knights, 110 recived compensation for a warhose slain oin battle) Plus 30,000 shire levies called up, 18500 arrived. 148000 went to Sctland and were in recipt of pay, as were 10,900 Welsh.
There is no specific numbers for those present at Stirling, hope the above helps.
60,000 comes from Barrow, Robert the Bruce who looked at the numbers requested to assemble, and assumed they all did and that they were all acepted into service.