Sir William Murray, 10th of Tullibardine

In December 1544, Wharton forwarded a newsletter written by Katherine Campbell to the Earl of Lennox so he could show it to the council of Henry VIII, although Murray suggested it should first be edited and "sundry vain words might be razed forth". Wharton told Murray it was a "wise letter convenient in all points to be seen". Murray hoped that Lennox could effect a reconciliation between Mary of Guise and the Earl of Bothwell.

Katherine Campbell planned to come to Carlisle with her friend, a French maid of honour from the household of Mary of Guise. The French woman, Mademoiselle "Latushowe" (Françoise d'Avantigny, Mme de la Touche), intended to come to England to plead for the release of her father who had been captured at the siege of Boulogne. Françoise's mother Renée had been governess of the maids of honour at the Scottish court. Murray told Wharton that his wife Katherine and Lennox's sister Helen Stewart, Lady Erroll were now "much cherished" by Mary of Guise. The Privy Council of Scotland ordered Katherine to remain at Tullibardine Castle, and she petitioned to be allowed to visit her husband's other properties and houses.

The Privy Council of England made William Murray custodian of his brother David "in ward", as David Murray was not thought to be an ally of England and the Earl of Lennox. William Murray was summoned to London in April 1546, his own loyalty to the English cause was questioned, and he was sent to the Fleet Prison. Thomas Bishop later wrote that David Murray was sent to the Tower of London and Tullibardine was "half a year" in the Fleet.

According to Alexander Crichton of Brunstane (or John Cockburn of Ormiston), the Parliament of Scotland considered forfeiting William Murray for his dealings at Carlisle. Apparently forgiven by the Scottish council, Murray obtained a reward of £25 and a passport from Henry VIII to return to Scotland in September 1546.

Murray was sympathetic to the Scottish Reformation. He was one of the Scottish aristocrats who accompanied Mary of Guise to France and England in 1550 at the conclusion of the Rough Wooing. In 1560, he was one of Lords of the Congregation who opposed Guise and French rule in Scotland. He signed a commission for the Treaty of Berwick which facilitated the entry of an English army into Scotland to fight at the siege of Leith.

He died in 1562.

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