this realm and England, did such valiant and acceptable service at many battles in those wars, and also did so valiantly and manfully in a single combat according to the Laws of Arms that it merits perpetual commendation, and likewise he was one of the most notable instruments used by Almighty God amongst the nobility and gentlemen of this realm in suppressing idolatrous religion, ... and one of the most keen to reveal the odious murder of the king's father and offered his body to any of honest degree that would take the defence of the Earl of Bothwell (at Carberry), and to have revenge followed him by sea to Shetland, where Sir William in great danger shipwrecked ... William's heir was his nephew, also William Kirkcaldy, son of his brother Master James Kirkcaldy. Further reading Louis A. Barbé, Kirkcaldy of Grange, Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, Oct 1897, ("Famous Scots Series") Lynch, Michael, Edinburgh and the Reformation, John Donald, (2nd ed. 2003). Potter, Harry, Edinburgh Under Siege: 1571–1573, Tempus, (2003). References External links Fife Place-name Data: Grange Fife Place-name Data: Hallyards 1520 births 1573 deaths Year of birth uncertain Edinburgh Castle Scottish politicians Executed Scottish people People executed by the Kingdom of Scotland by hanging Lords of the Congregation 16th-century Scottish people Provosts of Edinburgh Scottish people of the Rough Wooing Scottish Reformation People of the Scottish Marian Civil War