 He was tried and hanged on the Burgh Muir near Edinburgh.The castle was repaired by the crown between 1539 and 1542.In January 1544, a Commission in Queen Mary's name was given to the captain, constable and keeper of the Castle of Dunaverty, to deliver it with its artillery and ammunition to the Earl of Argyll and in April of that year Argyll received a 12-year tack of North and South Kintyre, including the castle.