 FACT: In the flashback that begins "Kildare, Ireland 1712" a fuss is  made over the rogues exacting a toll on Kates carriage "by order of  the King". While Connor, Duncan and even Kates party are aware that  the "Kings decree" is a fake, it seems strange that no one mentions  the most obvious proof of this: the reigning monarch in 1712 was  Queen Anne.