The culminating act of the final MacWilliam revolt occurred at Forfar when the last members of the MacWilliam dynasty were brought before Alexander II or his officers. The execution of an infant girl at the market cross at Forfar was recorded by the Chronicle of Melrose with evident unease. Whether the child was truly a MacWilliam claimant or simply someone used as a pretext to make a political statement, the act was intended to make absolutely clear that the dynasty of Lulach through the MacWilliam line was permanently extinguished.
MacWilliam claimants executed
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