Editing Linlithgow Palace (section)

==Mary, Queen of Scots==
[[Mary, Queen of Scots]], was born at Linlithgow Palace in December 1542 and lived at the palace for a time.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Mary of Guise'' (London: Collins, 1977), pp. 99, 117.</ref> In January 1543, [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland|Viscount Lisle]] heard that she was kept with her mother, "and nursed in her own chamber". She had five cradle [[rockers (royal courts)|rockers]], two older women and three girls.<ref>''Sadler State Papers'', iv part 2 (London, 1836), p. 240: Household roll, National Records of Scotland E34/23/1 p. 2.</ref> Mary of Guise tried to take Queen Mary to [[Stirling Castle]], but [[Regent Arran]] would not allow it.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Mary of Guise'' (Collins, 1977), pp. 118–119.</ref>

In March 1543 the English ambassador [[Ralph Sadler]] rode from Edinburgh to see her for the first time.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Mary of Guise'' (London: Collins, 1977), pp. 122–124.</ref> [[Mary of Guise]] showed him the queen out of her swaddling and Sadler wrote that the infant was "as goodly a child I have seen, and like to live".<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/statepaperslette01sadluoft#page/86/mode/2up/ Arthur Clifford, ''Sadler State Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1809), pp. 86–8]</ref> [[Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox]] came to see the infant queen on 5 April 1543.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Hamilton Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1890), p. 510.</ref>

The blacksmith [[William Hill (blacksmith)|William Hill]] was employed at this time to increase the security of the palace by fitting iron window grills, called [[yett]]s. [[Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston]] was paid £813 for keeping the infant queen in the palace.<ref>''Accounts of the Treasurer'', vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1908), pp. 177, 188, 192, 224.</ref> [[James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault|Regent Arran]] was worried his enemies, including [[David Beaton|Cardinal Beaton]], would take Mary in July 1543.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Mary of Guise'' (London: Collins, 1977), p. 129.</ref> He came with [[Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus]] and brought his artillery. He considered putting the queen in [[Blackness Castle]], a stronger fortress. [[Henry VIII]] hoped that Mary would be separated from her mother and taken to [[Tantallon Castle]]. Mary was teething and plans to move her were delayed.<ref>Arthur Clifford, ''Sadler State Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1809), pp. 234–5, 240–1: Joseph Bain, ''Hamilton Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1890), pp. 551, 584.</ref>

Supporters of the [[Auld Alliance]] at Linlithgow signed the "[[Secret Bond]]" pledging to prevent Mary marrying [[Edward VI|Prince Edward]].<ref>''Letters and Papers Henry VIII'', 18:1 (London, 1901), no. 945: ''Hamilton Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1890), p. 630 no. 446.</ref> Following lengthy negotiations between the armed factions at Linlithgow, Mary was taken to [[Stirling Castle]] by her mother on 26 July 1543, escorted by the Earl of Lennox,<ref>Rosalind. K. Marshall, ''Mary of Guise'' (London: Collins, 1977), pp. 126–130: Marcus Merriman, ''The Rough Wooings'' (Tuckwell, 2000), pp. 124–126: Edward M. Furgol, 'Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots', ''PSAS'', vol. 107 (1989), pp. 119–231.</ref> and an armed force described as a "great army".<ref>Lucinda H. S. Dean, "In the Absence of an Adult Monarch", ''Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and the British Isles'' (Routledge, 2016), p. 147.</ref> Arran employed a carpenter from Linlithgow, Thomas Milne, to make three wooden chandeliers to hang in the palace in January 1546.<ref>''Accounts of the Treasurer, 1541–1546'', vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1908), p. 433.</ref>

As an adult Queen Mary often visited Linlithgow, but did not commission new building work at the palace. She returned on 14 January 1562 with her half-brother [[Regent Moray|Lord James Stewart]] and received [[James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran]] as a guest. She returned to Edinburgh on 30 January after visiting [[Cumbernauld Castle]].<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), pp. 590–2, 597–8.</ref> [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], her second husband, played tennis at Linlithgow.<ref>Charles Thorpe McInnes, ''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland: 1566–1574'', vol. 12 (Edinburgh, 1970), p. 383.</ref> Mary came to Linlithgow in December 1565 to take the air and have a quiet time with few visitors, but her husband Lord Darnley was expected. She was pregnant and was carried to Linlithgow in a horse-litter.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 241, 243, 245.</ref> She had a bed at Linlithgow of crimson velvet and damask embroidered with love knots.<ref>Thomas Thomson, ''Collection of Inventories'' (Edinburgh, 1815), p. 136 item 19.</ref>