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| 1566 | Douglas, Archibald |  |
| Jan Whittingham A conference takes place between Bothwell, Morton, Archibald Douglas & Maitland |
| 1566 | Hepburn, James | |
| Jan Whittingham A conference takes place between Bothwell, Morton, Archibald Douglas & Maitland |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Mary & Bothwell visit Darnley at Kirk o'Field who is killed by an explosion |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Mary & Bothwell visit Darnley who is killed by an explosion |
| 1566 | Maitland | |
| Craigmillar Signs a bond at Craigmillar with other nobles to rid Mary of Darnley |
| Jan Whittington A conference takes place between Bothwell, Morton, Archibald Douglas & Maitland |
| 1566 | Mary of Scots | |
| Offers a reward of œ2,000 for information about the assassination of Darnley |
| 20th Jan Glasgow Sets off to Glasgow to collect a sick Darnley & take him to Edinburgh |
| 20th Jan Writes a letter to Beaton expressing her contempt for Darnley |
| 31st Jan Glasgow Moves the sick Darnley from Glasgow to Kirk o' Field |
| 10th Feb Kirk O'Field Darnley is assassinated at Kirk-o'-Field |
| 10th Feb Kirk O'Field Victim of a plot for the "crown matrimonial" & helping Mary's enemies |
| 1567 | Campbell, Archibald | |
| Co-conspirator in the assassination of Lord Darnley |
| 1567 | Hepburn, James | |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Blows up Darnley's house |
| 1567 | Mary of Scots | |
| Kirk O'Field Darnley is found strangled in suspicious circumstances |
| Kirk O'Field Darnley is found strangled, suspects include Mary & the Earl of Bothwell |
| Kirk O'Field Suspects include Mary & Bothwell |
| 1567 | Stewart, Henry | |
| Jan Kirk O'Field Contracts syphilis & is brought to a house at Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh by Queen Mary |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot believed to have been led by Bothwell |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot led by James Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots ' 3rd husband |
| 1568 | Mary of Scots | |
| Nov Westminster The Casket Letters indicate Mary raped by Bothwell & plotted Darnley's death |
