Editing Linlithgow Palace (section)

==Keepers and Captains of the Palace==
[[File:Joseph Mallord William Turner - Linlithgow Palace - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''[[Linlithgow Palace (painting)|Linlithgow Palace]]'' by [[J.M.W. Turner]], 1807]]
The positions of official keeper and captain of the palace have been held by: Andrew Cavers, [[Abbot of Lindores]], 1498;<ref>''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1908), p. 38 no. 296.</ref> John Ramsay of Trarinzeane, 1503;<ref>''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1908), p. 134 no. 909.</ref> James Hamilton of Finnart, 1534, Captain and Keeper; [[William Danielstoun]] from 19 November 1540; [[Robert Hamilton of Briggis]], from 22 August 1543; Andrew Melville of Murdocairney, later Lord Melville of Monimail, brother of [[James Melville of Halhill]], from 15 February 1567; George Boyd, deputy Captain, 1564; Andrew Ferrier, Captain of the Palace, 1565, Frenchman and archer of the Queen's Guard;<ref>''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland'', vol. 5:2 (Edinburgh, 1957), p. 254 no. 3182: vol. 5:1, p. 696 no. 2421.</ref> John Brown, June 1569; Andrew Lambie, June 1571;<ref>[[Gordon Donaldson]], ''Register of the Privy Seal: 1567–1574'', vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 247 no. 1282.</ref> [[Lewis Bellenden|Ludovic Bellenden of Auchnoul]] 22 November 1587, and 1595 [[Roger Aston]]. The office was acquired by [[Alexander Livingstone, 1st Earl of Linlithgow]], and remained in that family until 1715 when the rights returned to [[the Crown]].<ref>''The Spottiswoode Miscellany'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1844), p. 355: ''Protocol book of Thomas Johnson'' (SRS, 1920), nos. 340, 709, 781, 839, 864.</ref>

A Scottish heraldic manuscript known as ''The Deidis of Armorie'' dating from the late 15th-century and derived and translated from a variety of sources, outlines the duties of keepers and captains:<blockquote>"The capitanys war ordanit be princis to keip the fortrassis and gud townys of the princis and to vittaill thaim and garnys thaim of al necessar thingis petenyng to the wer; ... and gar mak certane and sur wachis be him and his folkis, baith be nycht and day, ffor dout of ganfalling in pestilence, sua that he may rendre gud compt of the place quhen tym and place requiris"<br><br>(modernised) The Captains were ordained by princes to keep the fortresses and good towns of the princes, and to stock them with food and furnish armaments in case of war; ... and to make sure and certain watch, himself and his kinsfolk, both by night and day, For fear of succumbing to the plague, so that he may render good account of the place, when time and place requires.<ref>L. A. J. R. Houwen, ''The Deidis of Armorie'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Scottish Text Society, 1994), pp. xiii, 2.</ref></blockquote>