Evota of Stirling

Evota of Stirling was military supplier to English troops during the First War of Scottish Independence (1296 – 1328). She held a small parcel of land near Stirling, and between 1297 and 1304, Stirling Castle went back and forth between Scottish and English control until the English retook it on 20 July 1304. During this period, Evota was providing the English garrison with victuals and supplies from the surrounding countryside. When she was discovered by the Scots, she was jailed for ten weeks, stripped of her property, and banished from Scotland.

Evota appealed to Edward I of England (r. 1272 – 1307) in July 1304, asking for compensation or the return of her property in view of her services to the English. The King replied her to petition his officials in Scotland, but the result is unknown.