Hugh de Cressingham
E544817
Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hugh de Cressingham canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5579140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh de Cressingham Context triple: [Battle of Stirling Bridge, commander, Hugh de Cressingham]
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A.
Hugh de Morville
Hugh de Morville was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and influential Scottish lord known for his role as Constable of Scotland and as one of the knights involved in the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket.
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B.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
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C.
William Fitzer
William Fitzer was a 17th-century publisher and bookseller known for issuing significant scientific and scholarly works, including early editions of groundbreaking anatomical and medical texts.
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D.
Ilbert de Lacy
Ilbert de Lacy was an 11th-century Norman baron and landholder in England, noted as a prominent supporter of William the Conqueror and an early feudal lord in Yorkshire.
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E.
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader in the early 13th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh de Cressingham Target entity description: Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
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A.
Hugh de Morville
Hugh de Morville was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and influential Scottish lord known for his role as Constable of Scotland and as one of the knights involved in the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket.
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B.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
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C.
William Fitzer
William Fitzer was a 17th-century publisher and bookseller known for issuing significant scientific and scholarly works, including early editions of groundbreaking anatomical and medical texts.
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D.
Ilbert de Lacy
Ilbert de Lacy was an 11th-century Norman baron and landholder in England, noted as a prominent supporter of William the Conqueror and an early feudal lord in Yorkshire.
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E.
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader in the early 13th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English royal official
ⓘ
medieval treasurer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activity | administration of English rule in Scotland ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English occupation of Scotland
ⓘ
royal financial policy in Scotland ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Stirling Bridge ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed by Scottish forces ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
First War of Scottish Independence
ⓘ
Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ
linked to:
First War of Scottish Independence
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 11 September 1297 ⓘ |
| employer | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| era |
reign of Edward I of England
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward I of England
|
| government | English administration in Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
medieval England
ⓘ
medieval Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Medieval Scotland
|
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | royal servant ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| militaryRank | royal official with military command ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death and posthumous mutilation after the Battle of Stirling Bridge ⓘ |
| notableFor |
death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge
ⓘ
role in the Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| occupation |
royal official
ⓘ
treasurer ⓘ |
| opponent |
Andrew Moray
ⓘ
Scottish rebels ⓘ William Wallace ⓘ |
| participantIn | Battle of Stirling Bridge ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Stirling, Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Stirling
|
| positionHeld |
King’s clerk
ⓘ
Treasurer of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
|
| reputation |
infamous for harsh financial exactions
ⓘ
unpopular among Scots ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| role | chief financial officer for English administration in Scotland ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | English commander at the Battle of Stirling Bridge ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| yearOfDeath | 1297 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hugh de Cressingham Description of subject: Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.