Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar (c. 1510–1570) was pursemaster for James V and the Captain of Edinburgh Castle during the Regency of Regent Arran.
[1] Hamilton travelled to France as a diplomat and in September 1528 brought back letters from Francis I of France co-signed by the secretary Florimond Robertet, showing that Francis was mindful of the 1517 Treaty of Rouen and would persuade the Duke of Albany to give up Dunbar Castle and would try to prevent Albany's return to Scotland.
[2] Hamilton was involved in the failed negotiation for Mary, Queen of Scots, to marry Edward of England.
During the war known as the Rough Wooing, in 1547, Hamilton gave money to the Abbot of Melrose Abbey to help him pay the tax levied for defence.
It mentions cupboards and a door made in the "courtly manner" and "raised and carved work of the most recent and curious fashion used within the realm".