 Bruce family tradition has it that Robert II was captured by his father at the battle and given over to King Stephen of England.A legend tells that in the 1140s, Robert II was visited at Annan by St Malachy.St Malachy asked Robert to pardon a thief, but Robert hanged him anyway, and for this the River Annan destroyed part of his castle and the de Brus line received a curse from the holy man.