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Coronation of James VI

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carried the sword of honour. Morton pronounced the coronation oath on behalf of James, the traditional ending of the Scottish coronation service. James was anointed with oil. Accounts of the ceremony mention that next Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, anointed the king and the
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was crowned verye yonge to treate on. Some ceremonyes accustomablye used at the Coronation of their Princes were omytted, and many retayned. Th'oath usually to be mynistered to the Kynge this realme at his coronation was taken by the
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and other heralds attended. Messengers were sent to the burghs to proclaim the king. Edinburgh burgh council ordered bonfires in celebration, and inhabitants who failed to contribute were fined.
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my cowsen Henrye Myddlemore retorned from Sterlynge to thys Towne, by whom I understand thynges have passed at Sterlynge as ensueth: The 29th day of July ... the yonge Prince was crowned in the
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brought Prince James down from the castle to the Holy Rude Kirk on the afternoon of 29 July for the three hour ceremony. His mother had been crowned in the chapel in
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A few days after the coronation, Throckmorton learned that Mary was now confined to more securely guarded lodgings in a tower at Lochleven Castle. James VI and
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declared on oath that Mary had "resigned willingly without compulsion." The Earl of Atholl carried the
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Edinburgh's burgh council fined residents who had not set out fires to celebrate the coronation.
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towns to announce the coronation and robes were ordered for the infant king. 62 nobles and 13
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Selections from unpublished manuscripts illustrating the reign of Mary Queen of Scotland
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Selections from unpublished manuscripts illustrating the reign of Mary Queen of Scotland
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Selections from unpublished manuscripts illustrating the reign of Mary Queen of Scotland
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of his henchman William Blackadder for display at Stirling, Glasgow, Perth, and Dundee.
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to Stirling. Throckmorton wrote up Middlemore's account of the ceremony and sent it to
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preached and tooke a place of the Scrypture forthe of the bookes of the Kynges where
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The Scottish lords and Privy Council travelled to Stirling on 27 July bringing the
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signed a band or contract pledging support for James as king, and to defend the
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James VI, Britannic Prince: King of Scots and Elizabeth's Heir, 1566–1603
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The Image and Perception of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
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Steven J. Reid, 'Thomas Maitland's "the Consecration of James VI"',
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asserted their commitment to justice and vengeance against the
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Extracts From the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1557–1571
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The coronation robes of crimson and blue velvet were made by
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Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in the island castle of
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Coronation of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs
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Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland
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as king and queen consort of England on 25 July 1603.
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Index

Church of the Holy Rude
James VI

Church of the Holy Rude
James Stewart
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lord Darnley
King of Scotland
Adam Bothwell
Holy Rude Kirk
Stirling
Lochleven
Battle of Carberry Hill
abdication papers in favour of her son
William Douglas
Stirling Castle
burgh
commissioners for towns
Scottish Reformation
Michael Gilbert
Nicol Edward
Robert Abercromby

Church of the Holy Rude
Mar's Wark
Privy Council
Earl of Bothwell
murder of Lord Darnley
dismembered body parts
crown

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