The Regent Moray was assassinated at Linlithgow in January 1570 by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh — shot from a window as he rode through the town. Hamilton escaped into France. Moray's death plunged Scotland into renewed civil war between the King's party (for James VI) and the Queen's party (for Mary). In the immediate aftermath government forces were thrown into confusion and Marian forces moved to seize Linlithgow and dominate the road between Edinburgh and Stirling.
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