Editing Scone Palace (section)

===Scone Abbey===
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Scone was an ancient gathering place of the [[Picts]], and was probably the site of an early [[Christianity|Christian]] church. The place of coronation was called ''Caislean Credi'', 'Hill of Credulity', which survives as the present [[Moot Hill]]. In the Middle Ages the mound was marked with a stone cross, but this disappeared probably during the [[Scottish Reformation]] in 1559, when the Abbey buildings were sacked by a mob from [[Dundee]] and led by [[John Knox]].<ref name=moot>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num= SM13595|desc= Moot Hill royal assembly place and Scone Abbey, 100m north east of Scone Palace|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>

From 1114 to 1559, Scone was one of [[Scotland]]'s major monasteries and later abbeys. The monastery's status was 'formalised' as a result of King [[Alexander I of Scotland|Alexander I]]'s charter. A representation of the church on the Abbey's seal, and some surviving architectural fragments, show that it was built in the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style, with a central tower crowned with a spire. Between 1284 and 1402 Scone Abbey (sometimes referred to as the Palace of the Abbots) often served to house the [[Parliament of Scotland]].<ref>Barrow, G. W. S. "A Kingdom in Crisis: Scotland and the Maid of Norway." The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 69, no. 188, 1990, pp. 120–141. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25530459. Accessed 22 June 2021.</ref>

[[File:Robert The Bruce Crowned King of Scots.jpg|thumb|Crowning of Bruce by [[Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan|Isabella MacDuff]], 1306]]
[[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]] and Alexander III, both crowned at Scone, ruled from 1214 to 1286. For centuries the greatest treasure at Scone was the [[Stone of Scone]] upon which the early [[Kings of Scotland]] were crowned. When [[Edward I of England]] carried off the Stone of Scone to [[Westminster Abbey]] in 1296, the [[Coronation Chair]] that still stands in the abbey was specially made to fit over it. [[Robert the Bruce]] was crowned at Scone in 1306 and the [[Scottish coronation of Charles II|last coronation]] was of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651. The Stone of Scone is now in [[Edinburgh Castle]] ([[Historic Scotland]]) along with the [[Scottish regalia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitscotland.com/about/uniquely-scottish/honours-scotland-stone-destiny/|title=Honours of Scotland and Stone of Destiny|publisher=Visit Scotland|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref>

Scone Abbey flourished for over four hundred years. In 1559, it fell victim to a mob from Dundee during the early days of the Reformation and was largely destroyed. In 1580 the abbey estates were granted to [[William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie|Lord Ruthven]], later the [[Earl of Gowrie]], who held estates around what is now called [[Huntingtower Castle]]. The Ruthvens rebuilt the Abbot's Palace of the old abbey as a grand residence. In 1600, James VI charged the family with treason and their estates at Scone were passed to [[David Murray, 1st Viscount of Stormont|Sir David Murray of Gospetrie]] (later known as Lord Scone), one of James' most loyal followers.<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Murray, David (d. 1631)}}</ref>

In 1604, the Palace of Scone was the family seat of the [[Lord Scone|Murrays of Scone]] and the [[David Murray, 1st Viscount of Stormont|1st Lord Scone]]. These Murrays were a branch of the Murrays of Tullibardine (later [[Duke of Atholl|Atholl]]), whose original family seat was [[Balvaird Castle]] in Fife. The branch included [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield]], Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench (8 November 1756 – 4 June 1788).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Heward|first=Edmund|title=Lord Mansfield: A Biography of William Murray 1st Earl of Mansfield 1705–1793 Lord Chief Justice for 32 years|publisher=Barry Rose (publishers) Ltd|location=Chichester|year=1979|isbn=978-0859921633|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lordmansfield0000hewa}}</ref>