A Fotheringhay, a yammacin ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 1587, an gaya wa Maryamu cewa za a kashe ta da safe. Maryamu ta yi amfani da sa'o'i na ƙarshe na rayuwarta a cikin addu'a, ta rarraba kayanta ga iyalinta, da kuma rubuta wasiƙarta da wasiƙa zuwa ga Sarkin Faransa. An rufe sashin da aka kafa a cikin Babban Hall a cikin baƙar fata. An kai shi ta matakai biyu ko uku, kuma an ba da shi tare da toshe, matashin kai don ta durƙusa, da kuma kujeru uku, don ita da earls na Shrewsbury da Kent, waɗanda suke wurin don shaida kisan. Masu kisa (Bull da mataimakinsa) sun durƙusa a gabanta kuma sun nemi gafara, kamar yadda ya saba wa mai kisa don neman gafarar wanda za a kashe. Maryamu ta amsa da zuciya ɗaya, "Na gafarta maka yanzu, domin na rarraba kayanta ga iyalinta, da kuma rubuta wasiƙar wasiƙa ga Sarkin Faransa.
"A cikin hannunka, ya Ubangiji, na bada ruhuna"