the English should seek to have the Archbishop spared, the leaders of the King's party had Hamilton speedily tried and convicted of art and part in the murder of the Regent Moray and King Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. At 6 pm on 6 April 1571, three days after his capture, he was hanged beside the Mercat Cross of Stirling. Children Archbishop Hamilton had six children by his mistress, Grizzel Sempill, the daughter of Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill. Two of his children were legitimated on 22 January 1547 and 24 September 1548 respectively. Notes and references Rainer Haas, Allerlei Protestanten – Christus-Zeugen aus der Tudor-Zeit, darin: 5. John Hamilton – war der spätere Erzbischof von St.Andrews 1527 als Student in Marburg an der Lahn?, Nordhausen, 2010 External links Horoscope of John Hamilton, by Gerolamo Cardano, In Cl. Ptolemaei de Astrorum Indiciis , Basel (1554) Archbishops of St Andrews 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Scotland University of Paris alumni Executed politicians Executed Roman Catholic priests Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland Executed Scottish people Chancellors of the University of St Andrews 1512 births 1571 deaths 16th-century executions by Scotland Treasurers of Scotland People executed by the Kingdom of Scotland by hanging John Bishops of Dunkeld (pre-Reformation) Scottish bishops 1560–1638