Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange (died 1556), a Fife laird and treasurer of Scotland.[1] He married Janet Melville, aunt of Sir James Melville of Halhill. Their heir was William Kirkcaldy of Grange. His main property was called Hallyards Castle. The name is sometimes spelled Kirkaldy.[2]
^Knighthood referenced, gutenberg.org. Accessed 1 November 2023.
^George Buchanan, trans. James Aikman, History of Scotland, vol. 2 (Glasgow, 1827), pp. 319-320, (Bk. 14, Cap. lvii).
Sir JamesKirkcaldy of Grange (died 1556), a Fife laird and treasurer of Scotland. He married Janet Melville, aunt of Sir James Melville of Halhill. Their...
Kirkcaldy (/kɜːrˈkɔːdi/ kur-KAW-dee; Scots: Kirkcaldy; Scottish Gaelic: Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of...
messenger while James was at Compiègne in France on 25 February 1537. According to 16th-century writers, his treasurer JamesKirkcaldy of Grange tried...
conclusion of a long siege. William Kirkcaldy of Grange held lands at Hallyards Castle in Fife. William's father, JamesKirkcaldy of Grange (died 1556), was lord...
the House of Commons since 2021, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since 2019. Formerly a member of the Scottish National...
William Kirkcaldy of Grange. The Leslies had suffered from the expansion of Beaton's interest in Fife; while Kirkcaldy's uncle, JamesKirkcaldy of Grange...
year, despite being blockaded. On 27 January 1573, JamesKirkcaldy, the brother of William Kirkcaldy of Grange who held Edinburgh Castle for Queen Mary...
for three sons of James V, including his step-son Lord James of St Andrews, to come from St Andrews in June 1543 with JamesKirkcaldy of Grange. Douglas...
trial at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Mosman, William Kirkcaldy, his brother JamesKirkcaldy, and James Cockie, were hanged on 3 August 1573. Mosman's receipts...
novelty. After the castle fell, Cockie, James Mossman, William Kirkcaldy of Grange, and his brother JamesKirkcaldy were hanged on 3 August 1573. Their heads...
a third of whom live in the three principal settlements, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. On the northeast coast of Fife lies the historic town...
into the castle. James Melville and his companions got in by pretending to have an appointment with the Cardinal. William Kirkcaldy of Grange and eight...
overstated. When Sir JamesKirkcaldy was proprietor the castle witnessed dramatic events; according to John Knox it was visited by James V just before his...
them to Regent Morton. William Kirkcaldy of Grange, his brother James, with the two jewellers James Mosman and James Cockie who had been minting coins...
included Glamis Castle. Rebuilt in 1543, the castle was besieged by JamesKirkcaldy of Grange in 1546 and fell. Both buildings have totally disappeared...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005, and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2005 to 2015. Brown is the most recent Labour Party...
rejection of the marriage plan. Beaton's would-be kidnappers included JamesKirkcaldy of Grange, Norman Leslie Master of Rothes, and John Charteris who offered...
church lands annexed to the Crown in 1587. From 1581 Queen Elizabeth sent James VI an annual sum of money. In February 1599 the Privy Council declared that...
Kinnaird". After Barroun's death she married JamesKirkcaldy, whose brother, Regent Moray's friend William Kirkcaldy of Grange, Captain of Edinburgh Castle...
1779. Oswald was the son of James Oswald, a politician of Kirkcaldy. The Oswald family became the dominant force in Kirkcaldy politics in the 18th century...
Rosyth, Inverkeithing and the southern edge of Dunfermline, Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Bo'ness and Leven. The firth is bridged in two places. The Kincardine...
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