William Kirkcaldy of Grange
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Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange was a Scottish politician and soldier who fought for the Scottish Reformation. He ended his career holding Edinburgh castle on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots and was ha
Kirkcaldy of Grange, 1555–56, by François Clouet.
Woodcut of the "lang siege" of Edinburgh Castle showing the English intervention, Holinshed's Chronicle.
Lords of the Congregation
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The Lords of the Congregation, originally styling themselves the Faithful, were a group of Protestant Scottish nobles who in the mid-16th century favoured a reformation of the Catholic church accordin
The Preaching of John Knox before the Lords of the Congregation, 10th June 1559 (David Wilkie, 1832)