Edinburgh Under Siege 1571-1573In 1571 Edinburgh was at the center of a bloody three-year siege in which many men sacrificed their lives in support of the dethroned Queen Mary. William Kirkcaldy, as keeper of the ancient fort and regal palace, with his allies defiantly held the castle against a succession of regents. In despair Regent James Douglas, the Earl of Morton, turned to Scotland’s oldest enemy, the English, to overthrow the Castle rebels. Within 10 days the English cannons and a thousand men brought the rebels to their knees and the majestic towers of the citadel crumbling around them. The siege was an embodiment of the hatred and rivalry between Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I. |
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Preface | 6 |
I | 12 |
The Devils Egg August 1567 to January 1570 | 24 |
Copyright | |
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abstinence April Argyll artillery August Bannatyne battery bombardment Bothwell Burgh Calderwood cannon Canongate Captain Castilians Cecil Chatelherault courtesy Crawford CSP(F CSP(S culverin Dalkeith Darnley David's Tower defend Diurnal Drury and Randolph Drury to Burghley Drury to Hunsdon Duke Dumbarton Dumbarton Castle Earl Edinburgh Castle Elizabeth enemies England English February Fernihurst fire Fleming Flodden Wall force France French garrison gate Grange Grange and Lethington Grange's guns Hamilton harquebus harquebusiers Holyrood Holyrood Palace horse Hume Huntly James James Mossman January John Knox John Knox House John Slezer July June killed Killigrew to Burghley King King's party Kirk Kirkcaldy Leith Lennox Lethington Lord March Marians Mary of Guise Mary's Melville Mons Meg Moray Moray's Morton murder Netherbow Netherbow Port ordnance parliament peace powder prisoners Protestant Regent Scotland sent September 1571 shot side skirmish soldiers Spur St Andrews St Giles Stirling surrender Sussex Tolbooth took town troops Tytler walls Wynd