Quote Originally Posted by Joshua View Post
Not sure if trews made it to fashion in the 1200's yet. Belted tunics and simple leggings were the dress for common and noble alike throughout Europe, was it not?
"Trews" and "trousers" are basically the same word, and trousers had been in use for centuries by the 1200s. Were there tartan trousers in use then? Yes, but probably not by Wallace or other Lowland knights - though he was once mocked by some English soldiers for wearing an "Irish" (i.e. tartan) cloak.

Anyways, the point previously mentioned is correct: not even Highlanders wore kilts for horseback riding!