The Covenanters
Union of Crowns
When James VI was crowned King of Scotland on 24th July 1567, at the Church of the Holy Rood in Stirling, he was only one year old. His mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, had been forced to abdicate the throne and would be executed for high treason twenty years later....
A History of Canongate Kirk
King James VII (and II of England) arranged for the parish church of Canongate adjacent to the Palace of Holyroodhouse to become the Chapel of the Order of the Thistle, and ordered that money left at the disposal of the Crown by a merchant, Thomas Moodie, should be...