Stirling Castle, its place in Scottish history

by Eric Stair-Kerr

• Abbey Craig, [20], [171].
• Aberdeen, [107].
• Agricola, [2], [3].
• Albany, Duke Robert of, [36], [38], [39], [40].
• Albany, Duke Murdoch of, [39], [40].
• Albany, Regent, [58], [61], [77].
• Albany (brother to James III.), [186].
• Alexander I., [6], [7], [8], [17], [133].
• Alexander II., [15].
• Alexander III., [5], [15], [16], [17], [176], [187].
• Alnwick, [9].
• Ancrum Moor, Battle of, [69].
• Angus, [38].
• Angus, Earl of, [58], [62], [165].
• Anne of Denmark, [98], [101], [102].
• Anne, Queen, [123], [124].
• Anstruther, [5].
• Antoninus Pius, [3].
• Arbroath Abbey, [93].
• Ardoch, [3].
• Argentine, Sir Giles de, [32].
• Argyll, Earls of, [66], [71], [75], [92], [94], [116], [186], [187].
• Argyll, Duke of, [124], [127].
• Arkinholm, Battle of, [48].
• Arran, Earl of, [66], [69], [188].
• Atholl, Earls of, [79], [92], [116].
• Ayr, [54].
• Ballengeich, [3], [70], [134], [154].
• “Ballengeich, Gudeman o’,” [57], [65], [66], [142], [174].
• Balliol, Edward, [33].
• Balliol, John, [19], [20].
• Bannockburn, [3], [50], [173].
• Bannockburn, Battle of, [27], [28], [31], [33], [133], [182].
• Barbour, John, [6], [31], [32], [35], [201], [202], [203].
• Barton, Robert, [63].
• Bastien, [75].
• Beaton, Cardinal, [66].
• Bedford, Earl of, [75].
• Berwick, [9], [20], [35].
• Bisset, William, [27].
• Blackness, [50], [107].
• Blakeney, General, [128], [130].
• Blind Harry, [203].
• Boderie, de la, [104], [105].
• Bohun, de, [28].
• Borderers, [51], [82], [92].
• Borestone Hill, [31].
• Bothkennar, [37].
• Bothwell Castle, [178].
• Bothwell, Earl of, [73], [74], [76].
• Boyd, Sir Alexander, [47].
• Bridge, Old, [115], [116], [124], [127], [154], [157–8]-[9], [160].
• Brittany, [3].
• Bruce, King Robert, [18], [24], [27], [28], [32], [33], [133], [149], [176].
• Bruce, Edward, [27].
• Buchanan of Arnprior, [65], [66].
• Buchanan, George, [84–5]-[6–7]-[8], [112], [162], [176].
• Burns, Robert, [207], [208].
• Bute, [36].
• Butt Park, [173].
• Cambuskenneth Abbey, [51], [172], [192].
• Camden, [3].
• Camelon, [3].
• Cassillis, Earl of, [106], [107].
• Chapels, [4], [7], [10], [40], [49], [54], [71], [72], [73], [79], [111], [145], [146], [169].
• Charles I., [114], [115].
• Charles II., [117], [120].
• Charles V., Emperor, [10].
• Charles IX., of France, [72].
• Charles, Prince, [127], [128], [129], [130], [131].
• Clifford, Sir Robert, [28], [32].
• Clyde, Firth of, [2], [16].
• Cochrane, [49], [137], [165].
• Coldingham Priory, [50].
• Colquhouns, [100].
• Comyns, [15].
• Conyngham, William, [118].
• Cope, Sir John, [32].
• Cornwall, [3].
• Covenanters, [116], [121].
• Crag and tail formation, [2].
• Craigmillar Castle, [177].
• Crail, [64].
• Crawford, Earl of, [47].
• Crawford of Jordanhill, [180], [181].
• Cressingham, [20].
• Crichton, Sir William, [42], [44], [183].
• Croc du, [74].
• Cromwell, Oliver, [117], [118], [119].
• Culloden, Battle of, [131].
• Cumberland, [3].
• Cumberland, Duke of, [130], [131], [159].
• Damian, John, [55].
• Darcy, Norman, [19].
• Darnley, Lord, [71], [74], [76], [80].
• David I., [7], [8].
• David II., [36], [52], [149].
• Don R., [197].
• Donald Dubh of the Isles, [54].
• Douglas, Earl James, [43], [48].
• Douglas, Earl William, [44], [45], [200].
• Douglas of Kilspindie, [62], [63], [165], [211].
• Douglas of Liddesdale, [181].
• Douglas of Lochleven, [43].
• Douglas Room, [147], [170].
• Douglas of Strabrock, [39].
• Drip, Ferry of, [3].
• Drummond of Carnock, [175], [176].
• Drummond Castle, [52].
• Drummond of Hawthornden, [103].
• Drummond, Margaret, [52].
• Dumbarton Castle, [2], [70], [80], [94], [179], [180], [185], [186], [191], [195], [196].
• Dunbar, Battle of, [20].
• Dunbar, William, [6], [55], [104], [203–4]-[5].
• Dunblane, [25], [53].
• Dunfermline, Monks of, [10].
• Dunkeld, [69].
• Dupplin, Battle of, [33].
• Edinburgh, [1], [2], [18], [37], [42], [54], [58], [62], [64], [91], [96], [111], [115], [127], [184].
• Edinburgh Castle, [2], [9], [42], [57], [72], [81], [179], [180], [181], [183], [186], [191], [192], [195], [196].
• Edward I., [17], [19], [20], [23], [24], [25], [26], [154], [172], [178], [180], [182].
• Edward II., [28], [31], [173], [183].
• Edward III., [33], [34], [35], [133].
• Edward IV., [53].
• Elizabeth, Queen, [72].
• Erroll, Earl of, [107], [108].
• Erskine Lord, [61], [62], [69].
• Erskine, Master of, [84], [88].
• Erskine, Sir Robert, [36].
• Falaise, Treaty of, [8], [9], [185].
• Falkirk, 1st Battle of, [23].
• Falkirk, 2nd Battle of, [129].
• Falkland, [62], [66], [95], [192], [195].
• Fife, [64], [115].
• Findhorn R., [15].
• Flodden, Battle of, [56], [57], [76], [77].
• Fontane, Theodor, [212].
• Fordun, [34].
• Forth, Firth of, [18], [32].
• Forth R., [1], [2], [3], [15], [19], [20], [28], [31], [127], [159], [171], [176], [197].
• Fotheringay Castle, [69].
• France, [20], [58], [63], [64], [77], [94], [122].
• Francis I. of France, [10].
• Frew, Fords of, [117], [130].
• Froissart, [34], [37].
• Galloway, Bishop of, [54].
• Gardens, [150], [151].
• Gargunnock, [34].
• George I., [124].
• Gillespie, Patrick, [120], [123].
• Glamis, Master of, [95].
• Glasgow, [111], [191].
• Glenartney, [52], [174].
• Glenfruin, Battle of, [100].
• Golf, [105], [106].
• Gordon, Mirabelle de, [128].
• Gowan Hills, [2], [57], [129], [150], [172].
• Gowrie, Earl of, [95], [96].
• Graham, Sir Robert, [41].
• Gray, Patrick, [147].
• Gray, Sir Thomas, [32].
• Greek Fire, [25].
• Haakon of Norway, [16].
• Halidon, Battle of, [33].
• Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, [81].
• Hamilton of Finnart, [142].
• Hamilton, Lord Claude, [81].
• Hawley, General, [129].
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [197].
• Heading Hill, [40], [41], [172].
• Henry II. of England, [8], [9].
• Henry VIII., [56], [58], [63], [69], [185], [188].
• Henry, Prince, [87], [98], [99], [101], [102–3]-[4–5]-[6].
• Hertford, Earl of, [69].
• Highlanders, [50], [51], [127], [130], [138], [159], [211].
• Highlands, [19], [38], [52].
• Hogg, James, [208].
• Holburne, [117].
• Holyrood, [42], [51], [53], [70], [72], [76], [121], [122], [145], [177], [184], [192].
• Horsley, [3].
• Howard, Lord William, [63].
• Hume, Sir Patrick, [120].
• Hundred Years’ War, [35].
• Huntly, Earls of, [53], [54], [66], [75], [81].
• Huntly, Marquis of, [107], [108].
• Ice Age, [1].
• Inchmahome, [70].
• Invergowrie, [6].
• Invertyle, Lord, [85].
• Ireland, [4], [95].
• Islay, [39].
• Isles, Lord of the, [39].
• James I., [8], [40], [41].
• James II., [42–3]-[4], [48], [61], [172], [183], [184].
• James III., [48], [49], [50], [158], [166], [173].
• James IV., [51–2]-[3–4]-[5–6], [138], [141], [149].
• James V., [57], [58], [61–2]-[3–4]-[5–6], [76], [77], [142], [162], [169], [174], [187].
• James VI., [79], [80], [84–5]-[6], [88], [91–2]-[3–4]-[5–6]-[7–8]-[9], [101], [102], [106–7]-[8], [111], [162], [172], [175].
• James VII., [120], [121], [122].
• Jane, Queen, [42].
• Jedburgh Castle, [9].
• John, King of England, [12].
• Johnstone, Chevalier, [128].
• Julius II., Pope, [54].
• Justin Flats, [152], [173].
• Keillor, Friar, [64], [65], [172].
• Keir, [158].
• Kennedy, Sir John, [41].
• Kenneth MacAlpine, [5].
• Ker of Fernihirst, [81].
• Kildean, [3].
• Kildrummy Castle, [178].
• Killigrew, [84].
• Kilsyth, Battle of, [159].
• King’s Knot, [4], [152], [173].
• King’s Stables, [150].
• Kinghorn, [17].
• Kinross, [16], [187].
• Kippen, [65].
• Kirkcaldy of Grange, [80], [81], [83].
• Knox, John, [79].
• Kyllour, Friar, [64], [65].
• Ladies’ Rock, [152], [153].
• Lady of the Lake, [210–13].
• Lalain, Jacques de, [43].
• Lalain, Simon de, [43].
• Lanercost Chronicler, [31].
• Langside, Battle of, [191].
• Langtoft, [201].
• Largs, Battle of, [16].
• Lauderdale, Duke of, [120].
• Leith, [63].
• Lennox, [16], [65].
• Lennox, Earls of, [41], [66], [69], [82], [83], [188].
• Linlithgow, [40], [52], [66], [121], [192], [195].
• Lions’ Den, [142].
• Livingstone of Callendar, [42].
• Lochindorb Castle, [178].
• Lochleven, [79], [177], [191].
• Lollius Urbicus, [3].
• London, Tower of, [25], [119].
• Lothian, [18].
• Lovell, John, [27].
• Lindsay, Lord of Byres, [91], [92].
• Lindsay of Pitscottie, [48].
• Lyndsay, Sir David, [5], [6], [152], [206], [207].
• Macgregors, [100].
• Madrid, Treaty of, [10].
• Maid of Norway, [17].
• Maitland of Lethington, [80].
• Malerbe, Gilbert, [24].
• Margaret, Queen, [8].
• Margaret of Denmark, [49], [51].
• Margaret Tudor, [57], [58], [61], [62], [162].
• Mar, Earls of, [75], [76], [79], [82], [83], [85], [88], [94], [95], [97], [100], [108], [119], [120], [121], [124], [127].
• Mary, Queen, [20], [66], [69], [70–1]-[2–3]-[4–5]-[6–7], [79], [93], [166], [174], [177], [185], [188], [191].
• Mary of Gueldres, [43].
• Mary of Guise, [64], [69], [70], [166].
• Medici, Catharine de’, [78].
• Melville, Andrew, [85].
• Melville, James, [85].
• Melville, Sir James, [74], [76], [84].
• Menteith, Vale of, [132], [171].
• Merlioun, John, [141].
• Merlioun, Walter, [141].
• Mint, [134].
• Monenna, St., [4], [179].
• Monk, General, [118], [119], [138].
• Montgomery, Lorges de, [69].
• Montrose, Earl of, [91], [92].
• Montrose, Marquis of, [116], [117], [158].
• Moray, [12], [38].
• Moray, Regent, [80], [81], [191].
• Morley, Sir Robert, [38].
• Morton, Regent, [79], [82], [84], [88], [91–2]-[3], [176].
• Mowbray, Sir Philip, [27], [31], [33].
• Newton, Adam, [103], [104], [106].
• Norman Conquest, [178].
• Normandy, [9], [10].
• Northumberland, [8], [12].
• Ochil Hills, [171].
• Oliphant, Sir William, [24], [26], [182].
• Ormond, Earl of, [48].
• Osbert, King, [5].
• Otterburn, Battle of, [38].
• Palace, [141], [142], [145], [166].
• Park, Royal, [42], [52], [63], [74], [93], [112], [124], [149], [150], [172].
• Parliament Hall, [49], [134], [137], [165].
• Perth, [24], [25], [36], [41], [115], [117].
• Perth, Earl of, [123].
• Perth, Duke of, [129].
• Pinkie, Battle of, [70], [77], [188].
• Pontefract Castle, [39].
• Prestonpans, Battle of, [32].
• Prince’s Walk, [87], [134].
• Raid of Stirling, [81–2]-[3].
• Raid of Stirling, 2nd, [96].
• Randolph, Thomas, [28], [32], [180].
• Rebellion of 1715, [124], [127], [159].
• Rebellion of 1745, [127–8]-[9], [130], [131].
• Reformation, [64], [77].
• Renaissance Architecture, [141], [142].
• Restoration, [119], [123].
• Richard I., [9], [12].
• Richard II., [37], [39].
• Robert II., [36], [37], [134].
• Robert III., [38], [39], [52].
• Rokeby, Sir Thomas de, [33], [34], [132].
• Romans, [2], [3].
• Ross, Earl of, [47].
• Ross of Halket, [43].
• Rothesay Castle, [36].
• Round Table, [4], [151], [152].
• Roxburgh Castle, [9], [48].
• Rutherglen, [5].
• Ruthven, Raid of, [95].
• Sadler, [69].
• St. Andrews, [36], [95], [111].
• St. Andrews, Archbishop of, [73], [80], [81].
• St. Ninians, [96].
• Sampson, John, [23].
• Sauchieburn, Battle of, [50].
• Scalacronica, [32].
• Scone, [19].
• Scott of Buccleuch, [81], [82].
• Scott, Sir Walter, [197], [209–10]-[11–12]-[13].
• Shaw of Sauchie, [50], [51].
• Sheriffmuir, Battle of, [127].
• Slezer, [147].
• Soulis, John de, [25].
• Spens of Wormiston, [82], [83].
• Spey R., [15].
• Stewart, Earl of Arran, [94], [96], [97].
• Stewart of Darnley, [47].
• Stewart, Esmé, [93–4]-[5].
• Stewart, Sir James, [42].
• Stewart, Walter, [40], [198].
• Strathclyde, [2].
• Taylor, Water-Poet, [137].
• Tennis, [105].
• Tippermuir, Battle of, [117], [158].
• Traill, Thomas, [39].
• Treaty of Falaise, [8], [9], [185].
• Treaty of Madrid, [10].
• Tungland, Abbot of, [55].
• Twenge, Sir Marmaduke de, [23].
• Union Treaty, [196].
• Victoria, Queen, [131], [132].
• Wales, [3], [39], [178].
• Wallace, [18], [20], [23], [26], [172].
• Warbeck, Perkin, [53], [54].
• Warde of Trumpington, [39].
• Weldon, [84], [85].
• Wells, [148].
• West, Nicholas, [56].
• Wightman, General, [124].
• William the Lion, [8], [9], [10], [12], [15], [17], [133], [174], [176].
• William of Orange, [120].
• William of Worcester, [4].
• “Wolf of Badenoch,” [38].
• Wordsworth, Dorothy, [208].
• Wordsworth, William, [209], [210].
• Wyntoun, [6], [34], [201].
• Yarrow R., [197].
• Young, Peter, [84], [87].
• “Young Waters,” [198], [199].

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FOOTNOTES

[1]Itinerary, p. 311.

[2]Skene, The four Ancient Books of Wales, I. p. 85. O’Hanlon, Lives of the Irish Saints, VII. p. 60.

[3]Johnston, Place-Names of Stirlingshire, p. 60.

[4]Poems of William Dunbar (Scottish Text Society), II. p. 115.

[5]Registrum de Dunfermelyn, p. 8.

[6]Rymer, Fœdera, pp. 30, 31.

[7]Registrum de Dunfermelyn, pp. 38, 39.