Qualla: Massacre of Monzievaird https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/massacre-of-monzievaird-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Massacre of Monzievaird https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird Massacre of Monzievaird: Introduction https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird/ Photo credit C.J.Hatton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Twenty men hid in a small parish church near the hamlet of Hosh on 21 October 1490, listening to the Drummonds gather brushwood against the outside walls. The church was roofed with thatch and heather. One Murray had already loosed an arrow from a window and killed a Drummond outside, which both gave away the hiding place and ended any chance of mercy. The wood went up. According to the chronicles, a piper played as the fire took hold. Only one man got out alive, by jumping from a window into the arms of a cousin who took pity on him and spirited him away. The Massacre of Monzievaird was a familiar kind of Highland horror in its century, but its scale and its setting inside a consecrated building made it notorious even by the standards of the 1490s.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/massacre-of-monzievaird-wp/gfj2-massacre-of-monzievaird-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Massacre of Monzievaird: A Feud Over Stewardship https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird/ Photo credit M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0. William Murray of Tullibardine had held the stewardship of Strathearn for over fifty years when Lord Drummond took it from him. The two families were linked by marriage, which mattered nothing once the political ground shifted. The Drummonds evicted Murray tenants and went after ...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/massacre-of-monzievaird-wp/gfj2-massacre-of-monzievaird-a-feud-over-stewardship.mp3 0:06 2 full Massacre of Monzievaird: The Battle at Knock Mary https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird/ Photo credit John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0. Lord Drummond's second son David led the retainers. The fighting went badly at first for the Drummonds until McRobbies from Balloch and Faichneys from Argyllshire joined them mid-battle. The Murrays were pushed north and made their final stand at the hill of Knock Mary, across Ro...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/massacre-of-monzievaird-wp/gfj2-massacre-of-monzievaird-the-battle-at-knock-mary.mp3 0:06 3 full Massacre of Monzievaird: Fire and Mercy https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird/ Photo credit Dr Richard Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0. Trapped inside a thatched and heather-roofed building, the Murrays' only hope was that the sanctuary of a church might shield them. That hope ended when one of them shot the arrow that killed a Drummond outside. The brushwood went up against the walls. Inside, men died from smoke...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/massacre-of-monzievaird-wp/gfj2-massacre-of-monzievaird-fire-and-mercy.mp3 0:06 4 full Massacre of Monzievaird: Hangings at Stirling https://qualla.com/massacre-of-monzievaird/ Photo credit Dr Richard Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0. King James IV had inherited a kingdom where blood feuds were threatening the basic functioning of political life. He ordered the arrest of David Drummond and Duncan Campbell of Dunstaffnage. Both were hanged at Stirling. The point was not justice for the Murrays specifically. It ...

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