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| 1072 | Duncan II |  |
| Duncan II is sent as a hostage to the English Court |
| 1087 | Duncan II | |
| Released by the English Court |
| 1097 | Donald III Ban | |
| Rescobie Blinded & imprisoned at Rescobie, Forfarshire |
| Blinded & sentenced to life imprisonment by Edgar |
| 1099 | Edgar | |
| Edgar makes his throne secure after capturing Donld Ban |
| 1174 | William I the Lion | |
| William I is captured & arrested while invading England |
| 1296 | Balliol | |
| Tower of London Edward I sends John to Hereford and then to the Tower of London |
| 1296 | Comyn, John | |
| Tower of London Comyn is arrested after the battle of Dunbar |
| 1296 | Douglas, William | |
| Dec William Douglas is released |
| 1296 | Mentieth, John de | |
| Tower of London Arrested after the battle of Dunbar |
| 1297 | Wallace, William | |
| Dec Guardian of the Scottish kingdom during the imprisonment of King Baliol |
| 1297 | Wishart, William | |
| July Irvine Wishart is arrested |
| 1299 | Balliol | |
| Released in 1299 and leaves for his French estates where he died in 1313 blind and largely forgotten |
| 1305 | Mentieth, John de | |
| 5th Aug Glasgow Wallace is betrayed by one of his own compatriots, Scots knight Sir John Menteith, who was said to have turned over a bannock (a flat oat-cake) on a tavern table, a sign to the English that the brigand was amongst them |
| 1305 | Wallace, William | |
| 5th Aug Glasgow Arrested by Sir John Menteith near Glasgow & taken to Dumbarton Castle |
| 5th Aug Glasgow Wallace is betrayed by one of his own compatriots, Scots knight Sir John Menteith, who was said to have turned over a bannock (a flat oat-cake) on a tavern table, a sign to the English that the brigand was amongst them |
| 1306 | Fraser, Simon | |
| Tower of London Arrested by the English |
| 1306 | Wishart, William | |
| June Nottingham Taken in chains to Porchester Castle & kept for 8 yrs in confinement, loses his sight |
| 1319 | Robert I the Bruce | |
| York Robert captures Queen Isabella at York |
| 1346 | David II | |
| Tower of London David II is imprisoned in the Tower of London, 1346-1357 |
| 1352 | David II | |
| While in prison offers Edward III homage & his crown if he dies childless |
| 1357 | David II | |
| 7th Oct Released for 100,000 marks payable in 10 annual installments, never fully paid |
| 6th Nov Berwick Edward III agrees to the release of David II for a ransom of 100,000 marks |
| 1402 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| 14th Sep Halidon Hill Defeated & taken prisoner by the Earl of March |
| 1406 | James I | |
| Captured at sea by the English & imprisoned, 1406-24 |
| Scotland is placed under the regency of the Duke of Albany during James ' absence |
| 1413 | James I | |
| 21st Mar Tower of London Sent to the Tower by Henry V |
| 1415 | Stewart | |
| London Released by the English in exchange for Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland |
| 1424 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Carries James I back home from captivity |
| 1424 | James I | |
| Has Albany arrested & beheaded for misgovernment as Governor & Regent of Scotland |
| Released from prison for a sum of 60,000 merks |
| 1424 | Stewart | |
| James I has Alany arrested & beheaded for misgovernment |
| 1479 | James III | |
| Arrests his brother Alexander the Duke of Albany who escapes to France |
| 1479 | Stewart | |
| London Imprisoned by his brother James III |
| 1482 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Edinburgh Arrests James III & hangs his favourites |
| Edinburgh Arrests the King's favourite, the Earl of Mar |
| 1508 | James IV | |
| 2nd April Refuses to negotiate a treaty with England until Arran & Hamilton are released |
| 1525 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Edinburgh Once James IV is in Douglas ' care is held in Edinburgh Castle |
| July The Estates decide to place James IV in the care of Lords & Prelates including Angus |
| 1525 | Dunbar, Gavin | |
| July The Estates place James IV in the care of certain Lords & Prelates including Dunbar |
| 1526 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Edinburgh James IV is held in Edinburgh Castle & Scotland becomes a Douglas kingdom |
| 1528 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Stirling James V escapes to Stirling where he is met by a small army of Angus's enemies |
| 1528 | James V | |
| Edinburgh Escapes from Edinburgh Castle where he had been held captive by the Earl of Angus |
| Stirling Escapes to Stirling where a small army of Angus's enemies gather around him |
| 1543 | Hamilton, James | |
| Edinburgh Releases David Beaton from prison |
| 1555 | Leslie, John | |
| Arrested by Mary of Guise |
| 1562 | Hepburn, James | |
| Arrested for trying to capture the Queen, escapes |
| 1564 | Hepburn, James | |
| Arrested by the English |
| 1566 | Douglas, Margaret | |
| Tower of London Arrested after her son's marriage to Mary without Elizabeth I's approval |
| Tower of London Arrested for a 2nd time for the marriage of one of her sons, this time Charles Stuart, but pardoned after her son's death in 1576 |
| 1566 | Mary of Scots | |
| Holyrood After Rizzio's assassination Mary persuades Darnley to escape with her from Holyrood |
| 17th Mar Holyrood Darnley claims innocence for the murder of Riccio & smuggles Mary out of Holyrood |
| 1567 | Douglas, Margaret | |
| Tower of London Released after the murder of her son Lord Darnley |
| 1567 | Erskine, John | |
| Secures James VI from Bothwell |
| 1567 | Hepburn, James | |
| Spends the remainder of his days in a Danish cell |
| 24th April Dunbar Castle Intercepts Mary with 800 men & takes her to Dunbar Castle informing her of a rebellion |
| 1567 | Mary of Scots | |
| Loch Leven A mob attacks Marr, the committee of public safety sends her to Loch Leven |
| Loch Leven Mary escapes to Hamilton & rallies her supporters |
| Edinburgh Mary is taken to Edinburgh from Carberry Hill, a mob demands that she is burnt |
| 16th May Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest |
| 15th June The Lords of the Council try to arrest Bothwell but Mary surrenders & Bothwell escapes |
| 16th June Loch Leven Mary is sent into captivity in Loch Leven Castle, while her Protestant half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray is appointed Regent on behalf of his nephew |
| July Edinburgh Imprisoned in Edinburgh, sent to Loch Leven then forced to abdicate in July |
| 1567 | Stewart, James | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Leads a force to Carberry Hill & demands Bothwell's surrender from Mary |
| 1568 | Campbell, Archibald | |
| Loch Leven Leads a force which assists Queen Mary's escape from Loch Leven |
| 1568 | Mary of Scots | |
| Elizabeth refuses to grant Mary an interview & so becomes the focus of Catholic plots |
| Loch Leven For the next 19 years Mary lives in strict confinement |
| Mary arrives in England where she is imprisoned for the rest of her life |
| May Loch Leven Mary escapes, heading west to the country of the Hamiltons, high among her remaining supporters, with the determination to restore her rights as queen |
| 2nd May Loch Leven Escapes from Loch Leven & joins the supporters of Hamilton & Argyll |
| 18th May Carlisle Kept under close guard by Elizabeth I in Carlisle Castle |
| 1569 | Hamilton, James | |
| Returns to Scotland and is imprisoned until, in 1573, when he agrees to recognise Mary's infant James as King of Scotland |
| 1569 | Mary of Scots | |
| Feb Tutbury Castle Moves to Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire |
| 1570 | James VI | |
| Stirling The Hamiltons & Gordons break into Stirling Castle & capture the young King |
| 1571 | Leslie, John | |
| Tower of London Arrested for part played in the Ridolfi Plot to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary |
| 1571 | Mary of Scots | |
| Dover Bailly is arrested for carrying letters from Ridolfi to Leslie, Mary's Ambassador |
| 1576 | Douglas, Margaret | |
| Tower of London Arrested for a 2nd time for the marriage of one of her sons, this time Charles Stuart, but pardoned after her son's death in 1576 |
| 1582 | Erskine | |
| Ruthven Helps carriy James IV off to Ruthven Castle to keep him from Lennox & Arran |
| 1582 | James VI | |
| Ruthven Arrested by Gowrie, Mar & Angus fear Lennox is converting James VI to Catholicism |
| Ruthven Captured by William Ruthven the Earl of Gowrie at the battle of Ruthven |
| Ruthven Held captive until he signs a declaration condemning Esme, Duke of Lennox |
| 1583 | James VI | |
| Escapes after 10 months captivity from the Protestant nobles |
| 1586 | Mary of Scots | |
| 26th Aug Fotheringay Commences her imprisonment in Fotheringay Castle |
| 1605 | Melville, Andrew | |
| Tower of London James I has Andrew Melville arrested for mocking the English Church |
| 1611 | Melville, Andrew | |
| Tower of London Released & leaves for France, does not return |
| 1641 | Graham, James | |
| Nov Edinburgh Arrested by Argyll |
| 1644 | Hamilton, James | |
| Jan Pendennis Imprisoned at Pendennis Castle by Charles I |
| 1644 | Monck, George | |
| Tower of London While in prisom Monck writes his "Observations on Military and Political Affairs" |
| 1646 | Hamilton, James | |
| 23rd April St Michael's Freed from captivity in St Michael's Mount by Thomas Fairfax |
| 1648 | Hamilton, James | |
| 17th Aug Preston Cromwell defeats the Scottish-Royalist invasion Army led by Hamilton |
| 25th Aug Uttoxeter Captured near Uttoxeter |
| 1650 | Graham, James | |
| 30th April Ardvreck Arrested & taken to Ardvreck Castle |
| 31st April Ardvreck Arrested at Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt & handed over to the Covenanters |
| 31st April Ardvreck Montrose is betrayed his host Neil Macleod of Assynt at Ardvreck Castle |
| 5th May Ardvreck Taken from Ardvreck Castle & handed over to General Leslie |
| 18th May Edinburgh Led through Edinburgh by the Covenantors but his courage raises admiration |
| 18th May Leith Taken through Fife & shipped to Leith |
| 1651 | Browne, John | |
| July Inverkeithing Taken prisoner by the English commanded by Lambert during the siege of Stirling |
| 1675 | Drummond, William | |
| Dumbarton Held for 1 yr in Dumbarton Castle for liaising with exiled Covenanters in Holland |
| 1676 | Drummond, William | |
| Dumbarton Released & restored to his command |
| 1685 | James VII | |
| Glasgow Argyll marches on Glasgow but is arrested |
