the castle and conceals the remains of buildings destroyed in 1573. On his orders, galleries, stables, and other new buildings were constructed at Stirling Castle and Holyroodhouse, and rooms refurbished and furnished for the use of the King. During his resignation in March 1578, Morton pointed out to the officers of the Scottish exchequer that the royal houses were "now in better case than they were at the beginning of his regiment." Morton in fiction Morton is a character in Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. Nigel Tranter's novel Lord and Master (originally called The Master of Gray, the first part of a trilogy of that name) includes an account of Morton's fall from power and his execution. Morton was played by the actor Bruce Purchase in the 1971 period drama Mary, Queen of Scots. Notes See also Casket letters References Hewitt, George R., Scotland under Morton 1572-80, John Donald, Edinburgh (1982, and reprint, 2003) Lee, Maurice, 'The Fall of Regent Morton: a problem in Satellite Diplomacy,' in Journal of Modern History, vol.28 (1956), pp. 111–129 Sir Herbert Maxwell Bart.,FRS,LLD., A History of the House of Douglas 2 vols, Freemantle and Co., London (1902) External links 1520s births 1581 deaths 16th-century Scottish peers 16th-century Scottish military personnel 16th-century executions by Scotland 16th-century viceregal rulers Earls of Morton Lord High Admirals of Scotland Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard Regents of Scotland Privy Council of Mary, Queen of Scots Scottish soldiers Executed Scottish people James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton Peers jure uxoris Lords of the Congregation Members of the Privy Council of Scotland Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland Place of birth missing People of the Scottish Marian Civil War People executed by the Kingdom of Scotland by decapitation Scottish politicians convicted of crimes Inventors killed by their own invention Lord chancellors of Scotland