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History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood [by D. Anderson] Ed. by W.s. Daniel
History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood Ed by Ws Daniel - by D. Anderson Author:Duncan Anderson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1852 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. MARRIAGE OF JAMES IV. WITH MARGARET OF ENGLAND. ji)HE chivalrous but ill-fated James the Fourth was ll the first of our kings who built a palace adjaceut to the Abbey of Holyrood. No sooner was the royal dwelling fit for habitation, than the bride of its founder stepped across the threshold -- that English Princess from whom were to descend the sovereigns of the great British empire. On the 7th of August 1503, Margaret, with her train of English nobles, entered the metropolis of her adopted country, and was received with the respect due to the daughter of Henry VII. The " Fyancells" of the Princess in the royal manor of Richmond on St. Paul's Day, the 25th of January 1502, her departure from England, her journey into Scotland, her reception and marriage, are narrated with the garrulous minuteness of his profession, by John Younge, Somerset Herald, who attended her during her progress. The Princess began her journey northwards on the 27th of June 1503, and travelled by easy stages, chiefly on horseback, though she had a " rych lytere borne by two faire coursers varcy nobly drest," and also a char or coach for her use. On her approach to the Scottish Border she was escorted and entertained with the respect due to herexalted rank. She was met at Lamberton church, near the English Border, by the Scottish nobility, " a thousand persons in company," five hundred of whom were on horseback. Her stages in Scotland were Fast Castle, Haddington, and Dalkeith, the Earl of Morton's Castle, where James IV. first met her, accompanied by " a train of lords to the number of sixty horses." The King returne...« less