James Hamilton (mai kisan kai)

James Hamilton na Bothwellhaugh da Woodhouselee (ya mutu a shekara ta 1581) wani ɗan Scotland ne mai goyon bayan Mary, Sarauniyar Scotland, wanda ya kashe James Stewart, Earl na 1 na Moray, Regent na Scotland, a watan Janairun 1570.[1][2][3] Ya harbi Moray daga matattakalar gidan kawunsa Archbishop John Hamilton da ke Linlithgow.

 Iyali 
James Hamilton memba ne na Iyalin Hamilton daga Bothwellhaugh, ƙauye da ƙauye a cikin Kwarin Clyde . Mahaifinsa shi ne David Hamilton na Bothwellhaugh da mahaifiyarsa Christian Shaw . Yankunan Bothwellhaugh har yanzu mallakar Dukes na Hamilton ne, amma ƙauyen bai wanzu ba.

Mahaifiyar James da 'yan uwansa biyu, Arthur, wanda daga baya ake kira "na Bothwellhaugh", da kuma James, Provost na Bothwell suma an zarge su da kisan. Wani ƙaramin ɗan'uwa shi ne David Hamilton na Monktonmains, daga baya "na Bothwellhaugh". An ce Dauda ya kasance a lokacin mutuwar Regent Lennox a shekara ta 1571. 

James Hamilton ya auri Isobel Sinclair, 'yar Oliver Sinclair da Katherine Bellenden, kuma magajin Woodhouselee, wani gidan sarauta a Midlothian, kilomita huɗu (400 m) arewa maso yammacin Easter Howgate da kilomita 2 + 1⁄2 (4.0  arewacin Penicuik a kwarin Kogin Esk .  Suna da ɗa David da 'yar Alison Hamilton . Sauran magajin Woodhouselee, Alison Sinclair, ta auri ɗan'uwan James David. 

 Tarihin kisan 
James Hamilton, kamar yawancin iyalin Hamilton, ya goyi bayan Maryamu Sarauniya ta Scots, kuma ya yi yaƙi da ita da Regent Moray a yaƙin Langside . Ko da yake an kama shi, an ceci ransa. Masanin tarihi na ƙarni na goma sha bakwai David Calderwood ya lura cewa John Knox ya sami sakin James. An tilasta Sarauniya Maryamu zuwa gudun hijira da kuma bauta a Ingila, yayin da Moray, dan uwanta, ya yi mulki a Scotland a madadin ɗanta James VI na Scotland, kuma ya fara kwantar da hankalin masu aminci ga Maryamu. Hamiltons sun kasance masu goyon bayan Maryamu.

Akwai labarin gargajiya (yanzu watakila an lalata shi a matsayin labarin almara na Sir Walter Scott ) cewa James abokin gaba ne na musamman na jam'iyyar Regent saboda an kori matarsa da ɗansa daga Woodhouselee. A cewar labarin, James Hamilton ya ba Sir James Ballenden Woodhouselee don tabbatar da 'yancinsa bayan Langside. Bellenden ya mallaki dukiyar a tsakiyar dare, ya jefa matar James Hamilton da jaririn da aka haifa cikin sanyi mai zafi a cikin tufafin dare kawai. An ce fatalwowi na matarsa da ɗansa har yanzu suna yawo a shafin tsohon gidan sarauta kuma waɗanda ke zaune a kusa sun ji kukan ta mai ban tsoro.

Bayan kisan, an ba da ƙasashen Woodhouslee ga iyalin Bellenden na tsawon shekaru arba'in. Labarin da James Hamilton ya ba Woodhouselee ga James Bellenden bayan Langside, amma ba korar matarsa ba, ya fara bayyana a Tarihi John Spottiswoode.

Wani marubucin jayayya na zamani Adam Blackwood ya ba da labari daban-daban kuma mai sauƙi, yana mai cewa Regent Moray ya zo Bothwellhaugh da kansa don ƙone gidan Bothwellhaug a matsayin fansa bayan Langside, kuma ya yi watsi da roƙon Hamilton, matarsa, da surukarta. 

Koyaya, babban dalilin kisan ya samo asali ne daga rikice-rikicen siyasa a Scotland a lokacin, kuma kawun James Hamilton, John Hamilton, Archbishop na St. Andrews, aƙalla yana da ilimin da ya gabata game da makircin  (An ba da shawarar cewa Archbishop da mahaifiyar James Christian Shaw na iya zama ga mahaifiyar ɗaya, ko kuma cewa "ɗan" lakabi ne kawai na ladabi).

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan kisan Moray, an kashe sakatarensa Master John Wood, wanda masu sharhi suka yi kisan na biyu tun daga George Buchanan na zamani don tallafawa fassarar cewa wannan laifi ne na siyasa ba rikici na mutum ba.

 Kashewa 

 Shirye-shiryen 
An nada Moray a matsayin Regent na Scotland bayan 'yar uwarsa Mary ta yi murabus a shekara ta 1567, kuma daga baya ta yi karo da ita da magoya bayanta. Ya ƙone Rutherglen Castle a cikin 1569 a matsayin fansa ga Hamiltons don tallafawa Maryamu. James Hamilton ya yanke shawarar kashe Moray kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa Borders, Edinburgh, York, Landan, Perth, Glasgow da Stirling ba tare da samun dama ba. A ƙarshe Moray ya tafi daga Stirling zuwa Linlithgow, inda ya tsaya a gidan Provost, Charles Drummond, ɗan'uwan Sir Robert Drummond na Carnock.

Lokacin da Moray ya bar gidan ya tafi Edinburgh, damar fansa ta bayyana. Hamilton, wanda ke da abokan tarayya shida daga danginsa na kusa, ya shirya kisan a hankali, yana samun damar shiga dukiyar iyalin Hamilton wanda ke da tashar zane. John Knox ya gaya wa sakatarensa, Richard Bannatyne game da haɗari a Linlithgow, kuma Bannatyne ya gargadi matar Regents Moray, Agnes Keith. Ta aika da sakataren Moray Master John Wood don faɗakar da mijinta. Tushen Knox ya gaya masa cewa yunkurin zai kasance a kan Babban titin, kusa da gicciye, kuma an ba da shawarar wata hanya don kauce wa gidan Archbishop a banza.[1]

An yi la'akari da cikakkun bayanai game da shirye-shiryen Hamilton a cikin wani labari mai ban mamaki na Leitch Ritchie. A cikin labarin Ritchie, James ya sanya gashin tsuntsaye a ƙasa don ya kashe sawunsa, yana rataye baƙar fata a bango don ɓoye inuwa kuma yana samun katako na tagulla tare da ganga don daidaito. An adana makamin na dogon lokaci a Fadar Hamilton. Dukkanin ƙofofin an rufe su ko kuma an cika su da ƙuƙwalwa mai ƙaya, kuma kamar yadda kafofin na zamani suka danganta, yana da doki mai hawa da ke jira.

 Kashewa 
A ranar 23 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1570 James Hamilton ya harbe Regent daga taga, a bayan wanka, kuma ya ji masa rauni sosai. Shi ne batun zanen da George Cattermole ya yi, yana nuna shi game da kashe mai mulki. Makamin da aka kwatanta duk da haka makullin wuta ne sabili da haka ba nau'in makamin da aka yi amfani da shi ba. An kuma nuna lamarin a kan gilashin gilashi a cikin Cathedral na St. Giles a Edinburgh.

Bayan tafiya mai ban tsoro, wanda mutanen Regent suka bi shi sosai, James ya kai ga amincin danginsa masu nasara a Hamilton. A cewar George Buchanan na zamani na Moray, Lord John Hamilton, Abbot na Arbroath ne ya samar da doki mai tserewa. Buchanan ya rubuta cewa mummunan harbi ya kashe doki na daya daga cikin abokan Moray. Regent Moray ya sauka, ya ji rauni a ƙarƙashin ƙafarsa, ya yi tafiya zuwa masaukin sa kuma ya mutu a wannan rana, a cewar Diurnal of Occurrents a Linlithgow Palace a cikin sa'a ɗaya kafin tsakar dare.

An bayyana lamarin a cikin littafin Robert Birrel na zamani; 

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