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King Edward I threatens the Lord Marshal, 1297 (1864). Humphrey de Bohun (1276-1322), Earl of Hereford, Lord High Constable, and Roger Bigod (1245-1306), Earl of Norfolk, Lord Marshal of England, confront Edward I (1239-1305). They had drawn up a series of complaints known as the Remonstrances, objecting to Edward's right to demand military service and the levels of taxation he was imposing. The confrontation threatened to plunge the kingdom into civil war, but both sides reunited against the threat from Scotland after the king's army was defeated by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.