    the battle of methven took place at methven in scotland in 1306, during the wars of scottish independence. the battlefield is currently under research to be included in the inventory of historic battlefields in scotland and protected by historic scotland under the scottish historical environment policy of 2009. ==comyn's death== in february 1306, robert bruce and a small party of his followers killed john comyn, also known as the red comyn, before the high altar of the greyfriars church in dumfries. both comyn and bruce had been forced to give fealty to king edward i of england on pain of execution, and every appearance is that both intended to pursue the scottish crown. according to john barbour's the brus, written with access to people who were at the event, comyn and bruce had previously signed an agreement to that effect which comyn betrayed to king edward i. however, the bad blood between the two men went far back, and they had found it impossible to work together as guardians of the realm. for bruce, after comyn's murder, the only way was forward for he would never be received back into the peace of edward i . his only defense lay in the seizure of the political high ground: a few weeks after comyn's death bruce was crowned king of scots at scone. ==the oath of the swans== the killing of john comyn took edward by complete surprise. news travelled slowly: it was some thirteen days after the event that the details reached his court at winchester, and even then the full circumstances were unclear. the murder was initially described as the 'work of some people who are doing their utmost to trouble the peace and quiet of the realm of scotlan
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