Imagine holding the secret key to St. Bride’s Church in Douglas, unlocking 700 years of history, including a fierce warrior ...

King James VI of Scotland ... and believed they held a similar position over the Church of Scotland. They believed that the government of the church should be a hierarchical one, where policies ...

A working group has been formed, and it has announced a public meeting in the church on Sunday, February 23 which is open to all to discuss its future. King James IV of Scotland called a General ...

After the death of James IV at the disastrous Battle of Flodden in 1513 Scotland once again had an infant Stewart king on the ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

After 1603 he only visited Scotland once, in 1617. One of ... the Scottish church, and the Catholics, who anticipated more lenient treatment. In 1605, a Catholic plot to blow up king and ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...

His first action as king in his own right was to ... support to the Pope in order to secure church funds. With Scotland virtually bankrupt, James could not afford to change his allegiance.