On 23 January 1570 James Hamilton fired at the Regent from a window, behind some washing, and mortally wounded him.
He is the subject of a painting by George Cattermole, showing him about to assassinate the regent.
The weapon illustrated is however a fire-lock and therefore not the type of weapon used.
The incident is also depicted on stained glass in St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

After a desperate ride, closely pursued by the Regent's men, James made it to the safety of his triumphant kin in Hamilton.
According to Moray's contemporary George Buchanan, the getaway horse was provided by Lord John Hamilton, Abbot of Arbroath.
Buchanan wrote that the fatal shot also killed the horse of one of Moray's companions.
Regent Moray dismounted, wounded below his navel, walked to his lodging and died the same day, according to the Diurnal of Occurents at Linlithgow Palace in the hour before midnight.

The incident was described in the contemporary diary of Robert Birrel;
The Earl of Moray, the Good Regent, was slain in Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwell-haugh, who shot the said Regent with a gun out at ane window, and presently thereafter fled out at the back, and leapt on a very good horse, which the Hamiltons had ready waiting for him; and, being followed speedily, after that spur and wand had failed him, he drew forth his dagger, and struck his horse behind; whilk causit the horse to leap a very broad stank; by whilk means he escaped.

The 17th-century historian David Calderwood described the shot in more detail; "with a hacquebut, through a tirleis window (shuttered), from a stair whereupon were hunge sheets to drie, but in truthe, to hide the smooke, and make the place the lesse suspected".
On 23 January 1570 James Hamilton fired at the Regent from a window, behind some washing, and mortally wounded him. He is the subject of a painting by George Cattermole, showing him about to assassinate the regent. The weapon illustrated is however a fire-lock and therefore not the type of weapon used. The incident is also depicted on stained glass in St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. 
After a desperate ride, closely pursued by the Regent's men, James made it to the safety of his triumphant kin in Hamilton. According to Moray's contemporary George Buchanan, the getaway horse was provided by Lord John Hamilton, Abbot of Arbroath. Buchanan wrote that the fatal shot also killed the horse of one of Moray's companions. Regent Moray dismounted, wounded below his navel, walked to his lodging and died the same day, according to the Diurnal of Occurents at Linlithgow Palace in the hour before midnight.
The incident was described in the contemporary diary of Robert Birrel;
The Earl of Moray, the Good Regent, was slain in Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwell-haugh, who shot the said Regent with a gun out at ane window, and presently thereafter fled out at the back, and leapt on a very good horse, which the Hamiltons had ready waiting for him; and, being followed speedily, after that spur and wand had failed him, he drew forth his dagger, and struck his horse behind; whilk causit the horse to leap a very broad stank; by whilk means he escaped.
The 17th-century historian David Calderwood described the shot in more detail; "with a hacquebut, through a tirleis window (shuttered), from a stair whereupon were hunge sheets to drie, but in truthe, to hide the smooke, and make the place the lesse suspected".
James Hamilton (assassin)