Historical place archive

Kirk OField in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Kirk OField in Scotland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records2 event labels3 people1566–1567

Historical events in Kirk OField

1566

9 February 1566
Assassination of Henry Stewart
James Hepburn · House of Hepburn

Mary & Bothwell visit Darnley who is killed by an explosion. Mary & Bothwell visit Darnley at Kirk oField who is killed by an explosion

10 February 1566
Assassination of Henry Stewart
Mary of Scots · House of Stewart

Victim of a plot for the "crown matrimonial" & helping Marys enemies. Darnley is assassinated at Kirk-o-Field

1567

1567
Assassination of Henry Stewart
Mary of Scots · House of Stewart

Suspects include Mary & Bothwell. Darnley is found strangled, suspects include Mary & the Earl of Bothwell. Darnley is found strangled in suspicious circumstances

January 1567
Assassination of Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart · House of Stewart

Contracts syphilis & is brought to a house at Kirk oField in Edinburgh by Queen Mary

9 February 1567
Assassination of Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart · House of Stewart

Assassinated in a plot led by James Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots 3rd husband. Assassinated in a plot believed to have been led by Bothwell

9 February 1567
Assassination of Henry Stewart
James Hepburn · House of Hepburn

Blows up Darnleys house

9 February 1567
Death of Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart · House of Stewart

Death of Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley, assassinated

Provenance

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