Nicolas Wardlaw, Lady Bonnyton

[8][9] Moray wrote on 31 August 1566 from Stirling to the treasurer Robert Richardson to ensure Nicolas Wardlaw received a purple velvet gown with passments of gold for her wedding.

[11] Moray wrote that Nicolas Wardlaw received the gift because "she hes bene ane auld servand and is sic a gentilwoman as is worthie to be furtherit".

Richardson passed a detailed list of requirements called a "memorial", written in French and signed by Mary, to Servais de Condé keeper of the wardrobe at Holyrood.

Her white satin sleeves and skirt front, the grand manches and davant, were decorated with narrow gold braids, petite natte d'or.

[26] Her daughter, Margaret Wood, described as a servant of Henrietta Stewart, was also at the Mass at Andrew Napier's house,[27] and the event was hosted by Helen Sempill (sometimes said to have been a member of the queen's household).

[28] James Wood had raided Bonnyton Castle in Angus, climbing over the barmkin wall with a ladder, and had taken away furnishings and legal documents belonging to his father and Lady Usan.

[30][31] James Wood was beheaded on 27 April 1601 at the mercat cross in Edinburgh,[32] despite attempts at intercession by the Earls of Huntly, Errol, and Home.

An English diplomat, George Nicholson, wrote that James VI was in a dilemma while Wood was held in the Tolbooth, considering that he might be seen to favour Catholics if the sentence was not carried out.

[33] Some Catholics in Scotland, including Alexander MacQuhirrie, thought that Wood was executed for his religion,[34] and the charges brought at his trial by Thomas Hamilton mentioned the Mass and harbouring a priest.

[37][38] The execution of a noted Catholic pleased kirk ministers, including Patrick Galloway,[39] though John Davidson protested that more action was required,[40] and it may have gained King James credit in England.

In July 1624, he was kidnapped at St Vigeans Kirk and carried to his house at Letham by George Gordon of Gight, who made him sign over a large sum of money.

[49] The remains of Bonnyton Castle collapsed in 1785 and there is little to see at the site, except earthworks, the ruined dovecote, and two salvaged carved stone armorial panels set in the wall of a nearby barn.