Talk:Battle of Linlithgow Bridge

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The death of the 3rd Earl of Lennox and the capture of William Cunningham

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THE DEATH OF THE 3RD EARL OF LENNOX

I do not believe it is proven just how the 3rd Earl of Lennox died - whether he was killed during the battle, injured and then killed at the site, or captured and later murdered. George Buchanan in his History of Scotland Vol II P/294 stated that 'John Stuart was killed, greatly lamented by the earl of Arran'. Calderwood's History of the Kirk Vol I P.71 states 'The Hammiltons, speciallie the bastard Sir James [Finnart], the Erle of Arran's Sonne, execute great crueltie. The king, understanding by the clamour and noyse, that they were joyned together in conflict, sent Andrew Wood of Largo, to procure safetie to the Erle of Lennox his owne persoun, if he might, by anie means. But the erle was slaine before he came. His death was lamented not onlie by the king, and his uncle, the Erie of Arran, but also by the Erie of Angus himself.

I think it likely that he was injured and maybe surrendered but was given no quarter by James Hamilton of Finnart, a matter that would better fit his personality profile. This would explain why he was forever named as having murdered Lennox.

Wikipedia's only claim that he was murdered by Arran’s eldest illegitimate son, James Hamilton of Finnart comes from Lennox's and Finnart's Wikipedia Sites and is not sourced. Lennox's Wikipedia page goes as far as to state 'He survived the battle and was taken captive, only to be murdered subsequently by James Hamilton of Finnart.' which is not borne out by the two sources above - nor by any other. The Battle of Linlithgow references a book by Ken Emond, The Minority of James V (Edinburgh, 2019), p. 245 for which I am not going to pay a lot of money to check his own source.

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM

George Buchanan in his History of Scotland Vol II P/294 stated that 'William Cunninghame, the earl of Glencairn's son, was severely wounded, but his life was spared by the Douglases. Calderwood's History of the Kirk Vol I P.71 states 'Williame Cunninghame, Lord of Kilmares, receaved manie wounds, but his life was saved by his freinds the Dowglasses.' So, it was not the Earl of Glencairn who was wounded during the battle, as mentioned here, but his son. Littleish (talk) 16:17, 14 July 2026 (UTC)Reply