Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Queen Consort Scotland is in Consorts.
1306 Coronation of Robert the Bruce
1329 Death of Robert the Bruce
1424 Marriage of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort
1424 Coronation of James I of Scotland
On 25th November 1034 King Malcolm II of Alba died. King Duncan I of Scotland succeeded I King Scotland. Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.
Before 1060 King Malcolm III of Scotland and Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King Duncan I of Scotland and Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.
Before 1070 King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King Duncan I of Scotland and Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.
Around 1107 Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.
On 23rd April 1124 King Alexander I of Scotland died. King David I of Scotland succeeded I King Scotland. Maud Queen Consort Scotland by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.
On 5th September 1186 King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland were married at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire by Archbishop Baldwin of Forde. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire. His bride had been chosen by King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England as part of the Treaty of Falaise. William received Edinburgh Castle as a wedding gift from King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria and Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria.
On 21st June 1221 King Alexander II of Scotland and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland were married at York Minster. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England. He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland.
In 1239 King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland.
On 25 or 26th December 1251 King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland were married at York Minster. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple \remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England. He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy.
On 25th March 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland was crowned King Scotland at Scone Abbey by Bishop of St Andrews and Bishop Robert Wishart. Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland was crowned Queen Consort Scotland. Christopher Seton and Bishop David de Moravia were present. He was wearing royal robes and vestments previously hidden from the English by Bishop Robert Wishart.
The following day, 26th March 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland was crowned by Isabella Countess Buchan whose family held the hereditary right to place the crown on the King's head; she had arrived too late for the coronation the day before. The right was held by her brother Duncan Fife 4th Earl Fife who was under-age and held by the English so she assumed the right in his place.
On 7th June 1329 King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland died at Cardross Manor, Argyll. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey. King David II of Scotland succeeded II King Scotland. Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.
In 1336 King Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She had been his mistress for a number of years.
Around 1356 King Robert II of Scotland and Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Hugh 4th Earl Ross and Margaret Graham Countess Ross.
On 20th February 1364 King David II of Scotland and Margaret Drummond Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland.
On 19th April 1390 King Robert II of Scotland died at Dundonald Castle, Dundonald. He was buried at Scone Abbey. King Robert III of Scotland succeeded III King Scotland. Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. David Stewart 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Caithness succeeded 3rd Earl Strathearn.
On 12th February 1424 King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland were married at Southwark Cathedral. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence. He the son of King Robert III of Scotland and Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland.
On 21st May 1424 King James I of Scotland was crowned I King Scotland at Scone Abbey. Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
Alexander Lindsay 2nd Earl Crawford and William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton were knighted.
On 3rd July 1449 Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
In July 1469 King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Christian I King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg. He the son of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.
On 8th August 1503 King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor were married at Holyrood Abbey. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran were present. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland.
Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.
On 18th June 1538 King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland.
On 22nd February 1540 Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland was crowned Queen Consort Scotland at Holyrood House, Holyrood.
The Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland Volume 7 1538-1541 records payments associated with a gun salute and fireworks that are likely to be for the Queen's Coronation ...
Item, the vi and vij dayis of Februar, gevin to Johnne Gogar, carter, and his collegis for xvij draucht of munitioun fra Leith to the castell agane the Quenis coronatioun, price of the draucht ij S. v. jdd.; summa xlij S. v.jd.
Item, gevin to the sledderis for xvij draucht of gun chalmeris fra Leith to the castell, price of the draucht vj d.; summa. • - - viij S. v.j d.
Item, gevin to twa pynouris for dountaking of xxx chalmeris of the heid of Davidis towris, and carting of the samin, witht uthir chalmeris and munitioun eftir the coronatioun to be had agane to Leith, X S.
Item, gevin to the carteris for dountaking of the samin to Leith, extending to viij draucht, price of the draucht ij S. v.jd.; summa. - -. XX Š.
Item, gevin to the pynouris of Leith the xvij and xviij dayis of Februar for the cariage of the munitioun quhilk Johne Bog brocht hame fra the sandis begond the bulwerk to the Kingis werk, and housing thairof in the samin, ilk man havand in the day Xviij d.; Sulin IIla,.
Item, gevin to Andro Michelsoun, Archibald Roule, and Walter Byning, payntouris, for paynting and ourlaying of the samin artalgery, to the noumer of xlix pece, witht reid leid, price of the pece ourlaying, witht thair chalmeris, slottis, and bandis v S.; summa xij li. v Š.
Item, gevin for tarring of the towis that bindis on the samin artalgery upoun the stokkis, xxxiij S. viijd.
Item, gevin for ourlaying 1 bass withf reid leid, price of the pece ourlaying iſ S. v.j d.; summa vili v Š.
Item, the xx day of Februar, gevin to four pynouris for uphaving of certane bullettis to the loft in Leith, quhar the small munitionis lyis, and for changeing of the samin munitionis and bullettis within the hous, wirkand thairon fra morn to evin, ilk man havand xviij d.; summa. - - vj Š.
Item, gevin to Hannis Cochrane for expens debursit be him for the making of ij pece of artalgery in complete payment of his comptis, vj ti. ij Ś. x d
Item, gevin to him to pay vij werkmennis waigis wirk and witht him be the said space, takand oulklie xlij Ś.; summa. - - -. viij li. viij Š.
The Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland Volume 7 1538-1541 also record payments for clothing...
The expensis debursit upoun the King and Quenis cariage the said moneth.
Item, gevin to the sacristane of the Kingis chapell for cariage of the chapell gair fra Striveling to Linlythqw at 3ule, and fra Linlithgw to Edinburgh at the Quenis coronatioun, as his byll of compt beris, v fi vj S. viij d. [And other items relating to the carriage of the wardrope, etc., amounting to £6 1S.].
The expensis debursit be speciall preceptis, and at the Kingis command, the said moneth.
Gifts of clothing were made to the following persons:-Lord Robert's minstrel, Bad man, David Kirkcaldy, groom in the kitchen; Gilzem in the King's chamber, Bessie Lundy; Wedell, footman; Christian Baxter, Lady Jane's nurse; Alexander Whitelaw; Robert Stewart, brother to the Earl of Lennox.
Item, gevin to Hanis Andersoun in Leith in part of payment of his comptis for mending of the Mare Willibe,. - - - -... xl li.
Item, gevin to Williame Purves for dog chengeis, rache cuppelis, and mending of the knok, as his compt bers, vijfi. xiiij S.
Item, gevin to Lady Jane's servand to by him clathis, v ii.
Item, gevin to ane servand of the secretaris that he haid debursit, at the Kingis command, -... x fi.
Item, gevin to Johnne Dowglas of Authornden for certane treis tane fra him to the Kingis schippis furtht of his wod,. - - -. xx li.
Item, gevin to the maister cuke,. - - x fi,
Item, gevin to Thomas Schort, armorar, for iiij chafferonis tane fra him to the grete hors, at the Kingis com mand,. - - - - - viij fi.
Item, gevin to Ormond, pursewant, and Alexander Hutoun, messinger, for passing with clos writtingis to the lordis and ladyis to come to the Quenis coronatioun the xxv day of Januar,.. iiij li. viij Š.
Item, gevin to Williame Hardy, messinger, for passing witht siclyke lettres to the Erle of Huntlie and his lady, the Erle Marschell and his lady, in the North land,. - - - - -. xxijS.
Item, gevin to Maister David Balfour and Archibald Heriot, messinger, for thair expensis passing to Dun bertane to resave sourteis and mak compositioun witht the men that wer put in the castell the tyme of the air, - - - - iij li.
Item, gevin to twa officiaris of armes that passit in Angus, the Westland, Northland, and uther partis to warne the dammes to cum to the coronatioun, iijli vj S.
Item, the vi day of Februar, gevin to Johnne Mosman to gilt the Quenis septur, iiij rois nobillis; summa x fi, xijs.
Item, deliverit to him to be the samin septur, xxx; unces half unce of silver, price of the unce xv Š. x d.; Sunnina. - - - xxiiijti. xviij Š. ix d.
Item, for the fassoun of the samyn septur, ilk unce v Š.; summa - - - vijli. xv Š.
Item, the xiiij day of Februar, gevin to him for ane tabulat of gold to the Kingis grace, weyand thre crounis of the Sone,. - - - iij li. x Š.
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On 23rd November 1589 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland were married at Bishop's Palace. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Frederick II King of Denmark and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark. He the son of Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart and Mary Queen of Scots.
King Alexander I of Scotland and Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the illegitmate daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England and Sybilla Corbet. He the son of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland.