Queen and King's Men
A contemporary list of leading supporters on both sides at the battle survives;
For the Queen;
- Earl of Argyll
- Earl of Eglinton
- Earl of Cassillis
- Earl of Rothes
- Earl of Winton
- Lord Herries
- Lord Boyd
- Lord Hay of Yester
- Lord Ross
- Lord Claude Hamilton
- Sir James Hamilton & the Hamilton name
For Regent Moray and the King;
- Earl of Morton
- Earl of Glencairn
- Earl of Menteith
- Lord Home
- Lord Lindsay
- Lord Ochiltree
- Lord Ruthven
- Laird of Trawick (sic), John Stewart of Traquair
- Laird of Drumlanrig
- Lord Secretary Maitland
- William Murray of Tullibardine, Lord Comptroller
- Robert Pitcairn, Abbot of Dunfermline
- John Hay, Abbot of Balmerino,
- The Lord High Treasurer, Robert Richardson
- The Justice Clerk, Sir James Balfour
- James MacGill of Nether Rankeillour
- Laird of Balgany
- Laird of Glengarnock
- Laird of MacFarland with his Highlandmen
From this list and other evidence, Gordon Donaldson analysed the allegiances of Scottish families during the 16th century to the cause of Mary, to English or French policy, and to the Scottish Reformation, in his All the Queen's Men, (1983).
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