ejected from the castle by the Clan Chattan, Clan Munro, and Clan Fraser. According to George Buchanan's account of events, when the Queen found the gates of Inverness Castle shut against her, the Frasers and Munros came to her aid. These two clans took Inverness Castle for the Queen. The Queen later hanged the governor, a Gordon who had refused entry. George Buchanan wrote in Latin:

Mary, Queen of Scots