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Mary visited [[Inveraray Castle]] and [[Dunoon Castle]], the home of [[Lady Jean Stewart]].<ref>Ian B. Cowan, “The Progresses of Mary, Queen of Scots” (Scottish Medievalists, 1975), p. 86.</ref><ref>Edward Furgol, “Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8″, ”PSAS”, 117 (1987), p. 225.</ref> At [[Loch Lomond Golf Club|Rossdhu Castle]] on 17 July 1563, Mary and her household ate a fish supper including salmon, ling, and trout cooked in butter.<ref>Thomas Small, “Queen Mary in the Counties of Dumbarton and Argyll”, ”Scottish Historical Review”, 25:97 (October 1927), pp. 13-19.</ref>

Mary visited [[Inveraray Castle]] and [[Dunoon Castle]], the home of [[Lady Jean Stewart]].<ref>Ian B. Cowan, “The Progresses of Mary, Queen of Scots” (Scottish Medievalists, 1975), p. 86.</ref><ref>Edward Furgol, “Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8″, ”PSAS”, 117 (1987), p. 225.</ref> At [[Loch Lomond Golf Club|Rossdhu Castle]] on 17 July 1563, Mary and her household ate a fish supper including salmon, ling, and trout cooked in butter.<ref>Thomas Small, “Queen Mary in the Counties of Dumbarton and Argyll”, ”Scottish Historical Review”, 25:97 (October 1927), pp. 13-19.</ref>

On 1 August she was at a house or castle of the [[Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton|Earl of Eglinton]]. Continuing her progress in August, she went to [[Auld Kirk of Ayr|St John’s Tower in Ayr]], then visited [[Dunure Castle]] (belonging to [[Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis]]), [[Ardmillan Castle]], and [[Ardstinchar Castle]]. After staying at [[Glenluce Abbey]] on 10 August, she may have visited [[Whithorn Priory]] noted as “Coustorne” by the French clerk. At Clary, her host was Alexander Stewart of Garlies. On 13 August she was at [[Kenmure Castle]]. Mary’s party had 18 hackney riding horses, with other hackneys, and 6 mules, and their hay, oats, and pasturage was recorded.<ref>Herbert Maxwell, “Tour of Mary, Queen of Scots, through Southwestern Scotland”, ”Scottish Historical Review”, 18:69 (October 1920), pp. 3-13.</ref>

On 1 August she was at a house or castle of the [[Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton|Earl of Eglinton]]. Continuing her progress in August, she went to [[Auld Kirk of Ayr|St John’s Tower in Ayr]], then visited [[Dunure Castle]] (belonging to [[Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis]]), [[Ardmillan Castle]], and [[Ardstinchar Castle]]. After staying at [[Glenluce Abbey]] on 10 August, she may have visited [[Whithorn Priory]] noted as “Coustorne” by the French clerk. At Clary, her host was Alexander Stewart of Garlies. On 13 August she was at [[Kenmure Castle]].<ref>Herbert Maxwell, “Tour of Mary, Queen of Scots, through Southwestern Scotland”, ”Scottish Historical Review”, 18:69 (October 1920), pp. 3-13.</ref>

They visited [[Cowthally Castle]] on 25 August, then returning toward Edinburgh, [[Peebles]], [[Skirling]] (home of [[James Cockburn of Skirling]]), [[Borthwick Castle]], [[Dalhousie Castle]] and [[Roslin Castle]]. Mary’s party had 18 hackney riding horses, with three other hackneys, and 6 mules, and their hay, oats, and pasturage was recorded.<ref>Herbert Maxwell, “Tour of Mary, Queen of Scots, through Southwestern Scotland”, ”Scottish Historical Review”, 18:69 (October 1920), pp. 12-13.</ref>

== The north in 1564 ==

== The north in 1564 ==

Queen Mary stayed at Balquhain Castle on 1 September 1562

Mary, Queen of Scots, made three significant progresses in Scotland after her return from France in 1561 and before her marriage to Lord Darnley in 1565. Sources for her movements include letters, financial records, and the account of household expenses held by the National Records of Scotland known as the Despences de la Maison Royale.[1]

The north in 1562

In 1562, Mary, Queen of Scots, visited the north of Scotland. On her journey north, Mary visited Edzell Castle,[2] hosted by Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford.[3] She took action against George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly. Mary visited Balquhain Castle and Gartly Castle before the siege of Inverness Castle.[4][5] On 15 September 1562, she was at Kilravock Castle then at Darnaway Castle.[6] At Inverness, she bought gunpowder and 15 tartan plaids for her lackeys and members of her household.[7] The Gordon family was defeated at the Battle of Corrichie and Mary was said to have witnessed the execution of John Gordon at Aberdeen.[8] Making her way south, she visited Dunnottar Castle.[9][10]

The west and Argyll in 1563

Mary came to Ardstinchar Castle on 8 August 1563

Mary visited Inveraray Castle and Dunoon Castle, the home of Lady Jean Stewart.[11][12] At Rossdhu Castle on 17 July 1563, Mary and her household ate a fish supper including salmon, ling, and trout cooked in butter.[13]

On 1 August she was at a house or castle of the Earl of Eglinton. Continuing her progress in August, she went to St John’s Tower in Ayr, then visited Dunure Castle (belonging to Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis), Ardmillan Castle, and Ardstinchar Castle. After staying at Glenluce Abbey on 10 August, she may have visited Whithorn Priory, noted as “Coustorne” by the French clerk. At Clary, her host was Alexander Stewart of Garlies. On 13 August she was at Kenmure Castle.[14]

They visited Cowthally Castle on 25 August, then returning toward Edinburgh, Peebles, Skirling (home of James Cockburn of Skirling), Borthwick Castle, Dalhousie Castle and Roslin Castle. Mary’s party had 18 hackney riding horses, with three other hackneys, and 6 mules, and their hay, oats, and pasturage was recorded.[15]

The north in 1564

Mary started her northern progress in August 1564 with a three day hunting trip in Glen Tilt hosted by the Earl of Atholl,[16] then went to Inverness and Dingwall. Her movements in this progress are less well documented.[17] As Mary planned her return from Inverness a messenger boy was sent “to my lord Forbes, the lairds of Boquhane and Drum, erle Merschell, and the comptas of Craufurde to mak provisioun for the queinis majesties cumming fra Innerness”. The record suggests another visit to Balquhain (Boquhane), and a visit to Drum Castle, the Earl Marischal’s Dunnotar, and another visit to Edzell, before arriving at Dundee on 9 September.[18] According to tradition, she first visited Banchory near Aberdeen and held a music competition, giving a harp to a local girl Beatrix Gardyn of Banchory.[19]

References

  1. ^ Ian B. Cowan, “The Progresses of Mary, Queen of Scots”, An Historical Atlas of Scotland (Scottish Medievalists, 1975), pp. 86–87.
  2. ^ Jenny Wormald, Mary, Queen of Scots: Politics, Passion and a Kingdom Lost (Tauris Parke, 2001), p. 125: David Hay Fleming, Mary Queen of Scots (London, 1897), pp. 74, 520.
  3. ^ Mary Verschuur, A Noble and Potent Lady: Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford (Dundee: Abertay Historical Society, 2006), pp. 63, 80, 91 fn. 25.
  4. ^ W. A. Gatherer, The Tyrannous Reign of Mary Stewart : George Buchanan’s Account (Edinburgh, 1958), p. 73.
  5. ^ Charles Joseph Leslie, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie, 1 (Edinburgh, 1869), p. 103.
  6. ^ Edward Furgol, “Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8”, PSAS, 117 (1987), microfiche, scanned doi:10.9750/PSAS.117.219.231
  7. ^ James Balfour Paul, Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1916), p. 197.
  8. ^ William Forbes-Leith, Narratives of Scottish Catholics under Mary Stuart and James VI (Edinburgh: Paterson, 1885), p. 90.
  9. ^ Joseph Stevenson, Selections from unpublished manuscripts illustrating the reign of Mary Queen of Scotland (Glasgow, 1837), p. 102.
  10. ^ Thomas Wright, Queen Elizabeth and her times, 1 (London, 1838), p. 106
  11. ^ Ian B. Cowan, “The Progresses of Mary, Queen of Scots” (Scottish Medievalists, 1975), p. 86.
  12. ^ Edward Furgol, “Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8”, PSAS, 117 (1987), p. 225.
  13. ^ Thomas Small, “Queen Mary in the Counties of Dumbarton and Argyll”, Scottish Historical Review, 25:97 (October 1927), pp. 13-19.
  14. ^ Herbert Maxwell, “Tour of Mary, Queen of Scots, through Southwestern Scotland”, Scottish Historical Review, 18:69 (October 1920), pp. 3-13.
  15. ^ Herbert Maxwell, “Tour of Mary, Queen of Scots, through Southwestern Scotland”, Scottish Historical Review, 18:69 (October 1920), pp. 12-13.
  16. ^ John M. Gilbert, Elite Hunting Culture and Mary, Queen of Scots (Boydell, 2024), pp. 119, 127.
  17. ^ Edward Furgol, “Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8”, PSAS, 117 (1987), p. 225.
  18. ^ Michael Pearce, “Account of George Wishart of Drymme”, Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, XVII (Edinburgh: SHS, 2025), p. 31: Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland, 4 (Edinburgh, 1854), p. 56.
  19. ^ Julie Holder, “Collecting and Exhibiting Marian Objects”, Steven J. Reid, The Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots (Edinburgh, 2024), p. 225: Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland, 4 (Edinburgh, 1854), p. 54.

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