Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral, St Giles' Cathedral, Lawnmarket, Scotland, British Isles [Map]

On 7th June 1650 William Hay (age 39) was executed. He was buried in the same vault as his leader James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (deceased) in the Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. The

William Hay: Around 1611 he was born. Diary of John Nicoll. The tyme appoyntit for the folempnitie of his funerallis being cum, quhilk wes upone Settirday the elevint day of Maij 1661, his bones wer brocht bale agane from the Abay church to St. Geillis kirk of Edinburgh, at the bak of the tomb quhair his grandfehir wes buryed, and thair buryed him in maner following: — In the firft, the haill inhabitantes of Edinburgh, Cannogait, Potterraw, and Welt Port, being all in armour, to the number of 23 companyes, with thair difplayit baneris, gairdit the Toun of Edinburgh and Cannogait, on both fydes of the ftreit, from the kirk of Halyrudhous to the kirk of St. Geillis in Edinburgh. His Majefteis leiff gaird of hors, in the firft place, ryding alongs on thair hors bak, with thair carabines at thair fadillis, and thair drawin fwordis in thair handis, to the number of 160; nixt unto thame, 26 young boyis, all cled in murning habites from thair crounes and top of thair heidis to thair heillis, careying his airmes and uther branches of his familie; thairefter, marched up the proveft, bailleis, and counfell of Edinburgh, all in murning habites; and nixt unto thame, the burrowis and barones that wer memberis of Parliament; then came a gentillman all cled in bricht airmour on horfbak, with a trumpettour befoir him, ryding in a new fute of the Marques livray, and ane led hors behind him; thaireftir, come 18 gentill men, fum of thame careying in thair handis long baneris of honor, and utheris careying his fpures, gloves, breift and bak pece, all of airmour, on the poyntes of long ftaves; thaireftir, come ane led hors covered with his ryche broydered mantle, quhairwith he and his predicefforis wer wont to ryde at parliamentis, and his allakay richlie cled with liveray and airmes on breift and bak; then come the flour of the nobilitie all in good ordor; then the haill heraldis and purfevantis in thair koates of airmes, many of thame careying feverall honouris in thair handis; eftir thame came ane led hors all covered in blak; eftir him come the Lord Lyoun with his koat of airmes; thaireftir come many of the Marques freindis, all of thame in murning, and every ane of thame careying fum honoris in thair handis, one of thame haifand his parliament rob careying, ane uther a croun on a velwot cufcheon under a craip, and fum utheris with feverall foirtes of honores in thair handis; then come the corps and bones in a coffin, careyed under a riche paill, careyed by many honorable lordis and gentill men, with fex trumpetis all founding befoir; then came many noble ladyes cled all in murning behind the paill; eftir thame come the Erie of Middletoun, his Majelteis Commiffioner, in a koatche with fex hors, all cled in murning, and his koatche cled over in blak, none being in koatche bot himfelff, and the Lord Ramfay fitting in the bute bairheidit careying his commiffion; — the haill bellis of Edinburgh and Cannogait ringand all the tyme. Then come ten gentillmen careying each of thame in thair handis long flages, and uther peces of honor on the endis of long ftaves, befoir the bones of the Laird of Dalgatie, quhais bones wer raifed with the faid Marques from the Burrow Mure, quho wes alfo layd in the Abay kirk, as being beheadit for being in airmes with the Marques for the lait King; then nixt to these honores come two trumpettouris founding; eftir thame come the bones in a coffin, careyed by mony honorable gentillmen, with many epitaphes, and uther paynted paperis thairupone; and fo wes caryed in to the faid Yle of St. Geillis kirk, and layd on the rycht fyde of the faid noble Marques.