P7 Go Back In Time November 27, 2007
Posted by smacniven in : Term 2 2007, visits , trackbackAll four primary 7 classes took a trip into “Auld Reekie” this week. They visited Holyrood Palace and learned all about the life of Mary Queen of Scots then braved the security checks at the new Scottish Parliament to have a good look in the debating chamber which everyone had lots of opinions on.
This was followed by a historic Royal Mile Trail with stops at the Canongate Kirk to find the graves of Riccio stabbed 56 times, Robert Ferguson, hero of Rabbie Burns and Clarinda, Rabbie Burns` great love. They also stopped to see where the old wall used to surround the city at World`s End Pub. Continuing on past the house of John Knox, the Tron Kirk, Mercat Cross and investigating where the old Tollbooth used to house all the prisoners. Breezing past Deacon Brodie`s Tavern who inspired the novel “Jekyll and Hyde”, Gladestone`s land and the close behind gave them a glimpse of life in the 1700s. On up past the Tollbooth Kirk with it`s 75m spire and stopping to look at the Witches Well commemorating the 3oo witches who were strangled and burnt there before ffinally ending up at the castle…Phew! An exhausting and fascinating insight into the historic past of Edinburgh.
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I think the trip was brilliant! Everyone probobly enjoyed it becouse it lookes likee it.I am in the slideshow it is the one “hello Mr Brodie” i lernt alot !
Deacon William Brodie
Deacon Brodie was a highly respected Edinburgh cabinet maker who was top of his class in his profession. When his father died in 1780 he inherited the family business and £10 000 which could have set him up for life but when you habits like Deacon this sort of money didn’t last long. Deacon was in to gambling, Drinking and had not one but two mistresses. This was when he started his thieving ways. As a cabinet maker he was in peoples houses quite a lot and would make a putty mould of their keys and get his locksmith accomplice george Smith to create a copy of the key and he would break in to their houses in the dead of night. Eventually he was caught and hanged in the gallows that he designed.
Lord Darley
Lord Darnley married Mary Queen of Scots. Darnley ,when he was devorced from Mary was furious so he broke into Mary’s house and took Rizzio away from Mary and stabed him 56 times.
Mary took Darnley to Kirk o’fleld where she could supervise him.But one night Mary went to a ball in Holyrood when the house got destroyed in a big explosion and some how Darnley was found in the garden 40 yards away from the house not burnt but strangled to death.
Darnley was a clalmant for the throne of Scotland and England.
JOHN KNOX
John Knox was born in the year 1513 in Haddington.He studied shortly at university and then went on to study law and enter into minor orders.John was a strong believer in Prostestantism,and disagreed with Mary Queen of Scots because she was a Roman Catholic.When Mary returned from France she would not become a Protestant which angred him.He died in 1572 at the age of 59.
Sean Connery
Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh in 1930.
He left school at the age of 13 and had many jobs such as a bricklayer,milkman a model and a body-builder.
He started his movie carear in 1951.
The first film he stared in was James Bond Dr No and got paid a mere £15,000pounds.
HOLYROOD PALACE
This is Holyrood Palace did you now that Mary Queen of Scots stayed in there. Holyrood Palace is a lovley place and cost’s alot of money to run the palace.
When Mary Queen of Scots stayed in Holyrood palace she had a very small room and she had to crouch down to get into her own room.
Holyrood Palace is next to Arthers Seat and when you go into Holyrood Palace and look out on the right hand side window you can see Arthers Seat.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary was born in tragic circumstances - the death of her father made her a queen at six days old. As she was only a baby, all the Scottish Lords helped her run Scotland. In 1548, King Henry VIII
Of England attacked Scotland, determined to force Mary to marry his son, Edward. So Mary was sent to France for her own safety her mother, Mary of Guise, looked after Scotland, and she was later married to Lord Dauphin, the future King of France. Unfortunately, a year after their marriage he died of an earache so Mary returned to the British throne filled with grief for him and her mother who had passed away. Looking for help she married Lord Darnley who wasn’t as nice as he seemed when they first met. He brutally murdered her Italian secretary, David Rizzio, by stabbing him 56 times in the heart. The Earl of Bothwell, who then forced Mary to marry him to increase his level of importance and political power, then secretly strangled him. The marriage caused an outrage with the Scottish lords. So Queen Elizabeth I had her imprisoned her for 18 years and then beheaded, on the morning of the 7th of February 1587.
Deacon Brodie
Deacon Brodie was a respected cabinetmaker in Edinburgh old town. When his father died in 1780 he inherited the family business and £10,000 which should have lasted him all his life. He picked up some nasty habits along the way like drinking and gambling which took up a lot of his money. He then reverted to stealing from local houses and businesses at night. Stealing was a common crime in Ediburgh at the time and was a hanging offence. He was finally captured while robbing an excise office. He was the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde.
Sean Connery
Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh in
1930 and left school when he was 13, he
occupied a couple of jobs like a bricklayer,
milkman, modal and bodybuilder. His career
path started when he joined the chorus line in a
west end production of South Pacific in 1951.
His first big break came in 1962 when he was
cast as James Bond in the film Dr NO.
BURKE AND HARE
Contrary to popular belief
Burke and Hare were not grave robbers. Although common practice at the time digging up
Corpses would have involved too
Much effort and besides the fresher bodies they delivered to professor Knox the better. Burke and Hare were Irish. When the two immigrants moved to Edinburgh to work on the union canal but didn’t meet until Burke moved to Leith into a boarding house. Log ‘s lodgings in Tanners Close in West Port,
Margaret laird and William Hare. It was named after Margaret’s previous husband who had died. In 1827 a lodger of Hares named Donald died naturally owing him£4 rent. Hare knew that there was a high demand for bodies for anatomical and saw a way the dead man could pay back his debt. Burke died in 1829 and no one knows when Hare died. William Hare escaped but Burke was executed.
Mary queen of scots
Mary’s father James V died when Mary was very young. She was put on the throne when she was 6 days old.
Mary and her family were Roman Catholic so many people despised them because in that time most people were Protestant. Mary married the French prince Dauphin [Francis] when she was fifteen. She married again twice. Out of all these marriages she only had one child James VI.on the 8th of February 1587 Mary was beheaded in Fotheringhay castle because allegedly she plotted to kill Elizabeth I.
Holyrood Palace
holyrood PALace probably best known for mary queen of scots home where her secretary david rizzio was tragically killed by her very jealous second husband, lord darnley.
in the palace there is a fire in almost every room and The gallery is 42 metres long and has hundreds of paintings of mary and her family, this is the room that bonnie prince charlie had a huge big party.
THE PLAGUE
The plague was a disease that was passed around by rats and small insects. Over 20 million people died in Europe in the 1340s because of it. Some of the symptoms were…
Pus-filled boils would cover the body, very bad pneumonia, vomiting and terrible chest pain.
Victims of the plague were bricked up (trapped) inside the passages of Mary Kings Close, so that they wouldn’t infect the healthy people of Edinburgh. Most people who caught the “Black Death” died within days of getting infected by it. Most of the dead corpses were just thrown into mass graves, huge holes with no memorials or coffins.
John Knox
Llittle is known about his life up to 1544, other than that he was born in Haddington and studied briefly at university before going on to practice law and enter into minor orders.
Already a Lutheran by this time, his support of the murder of Cardinal Beaton in 1546 led to his imprisonment for 18 months.
After the death of the protestant King, Edward VI in 1553, with whom he had gained favour, and in response to the accession of his Catholic sister, Knox travelled the continent in the following years.
In 1558, he published ‘First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women’, in which he declared, “..to promote a woman to bear rule, superiority.
THE PLAGUE
The plague started due to fleas and bacteria carried
by rats. The efects of the plague were the worst bit
it would start by an illness fever a headache and
weakness then it would get worse by a rapid onset
pheumoniawith shortness of breath chest pain a
cough and they would be sick all the time then it
would get much worse the person’s body would get
covered in pus filled boils and then they just die.
Under Edinburgh is a labyrinth of streets were
the people with the plague were left to rot to try and contain it.
Lord Darnley
Of both Stewart and Tudor blood,Henry Sewart(Lord Darnley) was a main clamaint to both Scotland and England’s throne’s.
His main ambition in this respect coupled with poltical naivety and inpetitude would lead to his murder.The marige of Stewart to Mary Queen of Scots was, from his point of veiw, a poltical expendincy therefore matter. Since it gave him them mutual calm to the Scottish and English throne’s.Darnley soon revealed his self-interest and weakness by murdering David Rizzio Mary’s Italian secretary, out of jelousy He threatened several times to either leave the country or divorce Mary.One day however he fell ill before he could act on his threats.
Mary took him to a house at Kirk o’ Feild to convalesce under her supervison.On 9th Febuary 1567,his house was destroyed in an explosion.However he was found outside strangled to death,not burnt at all.
Lord Darnley
(1545-1567)
Henry Stewart,Lord Darnley,of both Stewart and Tudor blood was a main
claimant to the thrones of Scotland and England.
His ambition in this respect coupled political naivety and ineptitude lead him to his downfall and to why he murdered Rizzio (in Holyrood Palace) , Mary Queen of Scots Itailian secratary.In 1565 he married Mary Queen of Scots but the marrage did not last long , as Mary found out.She thought he was lovely to begin with but things went down hill as 2 years after the marrage to Mary Queen of Scots,he was blown up in his sick bed in a house in Edinburgh amazingly 40 yards away (in the garden)he was found not burnt or scratched or dead.
SEAN CONNERY (1930-present) Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh in 1930, and leaving school at 13, occupied a variety of jobs from bricklayer and milkman to model and body-builder. His career path started when he joined the chorus line in a West End production of South Pacific in 1951. The first big break came in 1962 when he was cast as James Bond in the film Dr No. Although paid a mere £15,000 for this work (an established actor of the time may have cost £1,000,000), he became strongly identified with the persona of his suave and sophisticated character. He continued to star as 007 throughout the sixties, though appeared in other films such as The Man Who Would Be King, and Marnie. After leaving the role of James Bond he diversified into a greater range of parts, winning a BAFTA for The Name of the Rose and an Oscar for The Untouchables in the same year, 1987. His enduring popularity has made him arguably the most famous living Scotsman, though fame, wealth and adoring fans.
Flora MacDonald
Flora MacDonald was born in 1725 in Milton , South Ulst. As she was parentless she was brought up by her brother until she was 13 years of age.She went to live with Sir Alexander MacDonald of the Isles of Monkstadt on Skye in the year 1739.
In 1746, on her return visit from Clanranald home on Benbecula that she had agreed to help save Prince Charles Edward Stuart(Bonnie Prince Charlie)who was running away from the law since Culloden, with a price of £30,000 on his head.
Betty Burke was what he was named on MacDonalds paper and dressed accordingly . Despite such precautions, the Goverment milltia, monitoring the coastline for unusual movements, saw the boat conveying the prince and his party from Benbecula too skye, and attemted to sink it . Although it did not work they allowed Flora to take her friends and leave them under the watchful eye of Lady MacDonald of Monkstadt, who gave them a close cottage for them to stay in.
The following day Flora took the Prince to Portree, whence he sailed to Raasay. The grateful Prince, in parting from his saviour, gifted her his portrait in a gold locket saying the words, “I hope, madam, that we may meet in St James’ yet’.Flora, who never saw the Prince again, was arrested on her return to Benbecula and imprisoned in the Tower of London until the Jacobite amnesty of 1747.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Marys father was called James and he died when Mary was very young.When Mary was 6 days old she got put on the throne.Mary married alot of men and one of them were called Dauphin.Marys family were catholic.Out of all the people she had maried there was only one child and he was called James.On the 8th of febuary 1587 Mary was beheaded for trying to murder Ellizabeth 1.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS!
Mary was born on the 8th December 1542. Mary’s dad , King James V of Scotland died a week after Mary’s birth. After her father died, Mary was crowned Queen of Scotland at just 6 days old. Mary was sent to France when she was 5 years old. She married the Dauphin Francis on 24th April 1558 and she became Queen of France on 10th July 1559. Her husband died the next year. She returned to Scotland on 19th August 1561 and she married Lord Darnley on 29th July 1565. Her husband Lord Darnley was murdered 2 years after they were married. So Mary got married to the Earl of Bothwell that same year. Mary was put in prison after supposedly trying to murder Elizabeth 1. Elizabeth kept Mary in prison for nearly 20 years while Mary’s son James grew up and became the ruler of Scotland. She died in 1587 aged 44 after being beheaded on the orders of her cousin Elizabeth 1.
Holyrood Palace
Holyrood Palace is now used as a house that the royal family uses when they come to Scotland but in the time of Mary Queen of Scots it was built to protect her. Holyrood Palace has exellent tapestries round the building and portraits. It has had terrible moments though when Lord Darnley and his men came in and took David Rizzio when he was playing cards with Mary Queen of Scots and stabbed him 56 times and made Mary watch it all. One part of Holyrood Palace is about 500 years old and the other is about 350 years old.
HOLYROOD PALACE
Holyrood Palace is now used as a house for the whole royal family when they come to Edinburgh and when people get M.B.E’s or O.B.E’s. In 1543 (when Mary Queen of Scots was crowned) Holyrood palace was built as a place to protect Mary Queen of Scots. When she married Lord Darnley Mary and David Rizzio (her secretery) were in her bedroom. Lord Darnley told some people about the secret passageway to her bedroom. They used it and went to her bedroom then stabbed David Rizzio 56 times and forced Mary to watch. Lord Darnley thought she would die watching the stabbing so he would have more power but she didn’t.Mary didn’t like sitting at the end of her table she prefered to sit in the middle so she could have a chat to her guests.
ROBERT BURNS
Robert is a world famous poet who is known as “The Bard”, “Scotland’s Favourite Son” , ” The Bard of Ayrshire”, The Ploughman Poet ” and “Rabbie Burns”.He was born in a cottage in Alloway in Ayrshire.His cottage is now a musem.Robert was the oldest of seven. His dad was a poor farmer so Robert had to help on the farm a lot.He therefore had very little time to go to school, but he was very lucky because his father taught him reading and writing. He started to write poems in his teens.Today we celebrate Robert’s life on the 25th of January every year by having a special Burns Day Supper.This is celebrated exactly the same way as it was in 1796 when Robert died.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS!
Mary was born on the 8th December 1542.Her dad “King James V” sadley he died only 1 week after Marys birth! Mary was crowned Queen at only 6 days old!! When she was just 5 years of age she went to France . When she was 15 she got married to the Dauphin of France on the 24 th of April 1558. She became Queen of France Queen France ( Queen of two countrys) year later her husband died.She returned to Scotland in 1561.She relised what a horrible palce Scotland was compared to France She got married to her 2nd husband!His name was Lord Darnley.He got killed 2 years later.So she got married that same year then married Earl of Bothwell She was put in prison for trying to kill her cousin Elizabeth 1st she was in jail for about 20 years.She died in 1587(44 years of age)Se got beheaded.
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The trip to the Royal Mile was alot of fun! ,in our class we had to try and find famous sights I was focusing on finding a red tour bus it was very hard as most of them were green eventually Miss Allan found it.The debating chamber was much bigger than I thought …
The trip to the royal mile was great fun !!!
I realy liked going to HOLYROOD palace and seeing Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlies real HAIR!!!
Going to the Parliament was good fun as well ( the gift shop was fun to).
Mary Stuart became queen of Scots when she was one week old. She could have been Queen of France but when her husband the Dauphin died she came back to Scotland. Because Mary’s mother had been a Tudor she felt she was entitled to become the queen of England instead of Elizabeth There were lots of arguments and battles over the years between Mary and Elizabeth ending with Mary being beheaded by Elizabeth at Fotheringay Castle. The fascinating outcome of all this was that since Elizabeth had no children and Mary had the one son, James, when Elizabeth died James became James the VI of Scotland, and James I of Britain.
Mary Queen Of Scotts
Mary queen of scotts was born on the 8th December 1542. She was crowned queen at only 6 days old! When she was 5 years old she was sent to France for her own safety(Scotland were getting attacked
at the time). While she was over there she married the Dauphin of France in 1558. But sadly he died so Mary came back over to Scotland. Soon after she married her 2nd husband Lord Darnly. He was very jealous of Mary’s secratary David Rizzio so dragged him out the room and stabbed him 56 times! A little bit later Mary’s followers blow up his home but he manged to escape , but they found him and strangled him. In the same year Mary married her 3rd husband, the Earl of Bothwell. Soon after she married Bothwell Mary got put in prison for trying to kill her cousin Elizabeth. Mary was in prison forr 20 years untill Elizabeth decided that Mary should be beheaded. Mary was beheaded at Fotheringay Castle. But because Elizabeth had no children Mary’s son James became James 1 of Britain.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bonnie Prince Charlie was supposed to be the Prince of England but his father was chucked of the throne for being a Roman Catholic.
He had many different names Charles Edward Stuart a.k.a Bonnie Prince Charlie a.k.a The Young Pretender a.k.a The Young Chevalier.His Dad was James Francis Edward Stuart.His Grandad was James II of England.He was born December 31 1720. He went all the way up Britain looking for people to support him(Jacobites). For many years he wanderd Europe, secretly visiting London in 1750 and 1754.He attempted, without much succses, to get people to support his cause. In 1766, on his fathers death, he returned to Italy were he spent his last years.Charles died in Rome on January 31,1788.
Bonnie Prince Charlie was born in 1720 and died in 1788. He was also called “The young pretender” but his real name was Charles Edward Stuart. His Grand father, Catholic King James ll was deposed by Protestant King William of Orange in 1688. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s father, James Francis Edward, went away to France to gather forces to regain the thrown again, but was unsuccessful. Bonnie Prince Charlie wanted the thrown for his father so he began to build an army of people who wanted a Scottish king back on the throne. These people were called the Jacobites. Bonnie Prince Charlie eventually got an army big enough to march up to the highlands of Scotland and get the clans to join their army. When they had a sufficient amount of men they marched down to England where they were to meet some French and English allies. Sadly none came. This meant they were outnumbered 5 to 1against the goverment army. They fought the famous battle of Culloden and lost miserably. So they were forced to go back to the Highlands and take refuge. Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped to Skye dressed as a woman and then back to France. From there he spent the rest of his days as… a drunkard!
Mary Queen of scots
In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, upset the applecart of the Protestant Reformation. Her husband, Francois II, King of France had died unexpectedly, and the Scots were more than a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Mary’s ship at Leith’s port. Since 1542, Scotland had been ruled by a series of regents acting in Mary’s name. By 1560, The Lords of the Congregation had overthrown the power of Mary’s mother, Mary of Guise, and created a provisional government, but now she returned, bringing with her the glamour and authority of Scotland’s royal court, and drawing nobles, both Catholic and Protestant, to its intrigues.
Mary Queen of scots
In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, upset the applecart of the Protestant Reformation. Her husband, Francois II, King of France had died unexpectedly, and the Scots were more than a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Mary’s ship at Leith’s port. Since 1542, Scotland had been ruled by a series of regents acting in Mary’s name. By 1560, The Lords of the Congregation had overthrown the power of Mary’s mother, Mary of Guise, and created a provisional government, but now she returned, bringing with her the glamour and authority of Scotland’s royal court, and drawing nobles, both Catholic and Protestant, to its intrigues.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
The person who I found most intresting through this topic is Mary Queen of Scots. Mary was born in the royal palace at Linithgow near Edinburgh. Her father died when she was only a few days old. she was only a small baby but also the Queen of Scotland. When she was only nine months old she was crowned but she was obviously far too young to rule so The Earl of Lennox took over until she was old enough.
HOLLYROOD PALACE
I found out a lot from Hollyrood Palace and most of it was quite interesting, like the longest room in Hollyrood Palace is over 45 metres long. King James the 2nd extended the Palace. It was first built to protect the people inside. He changed it so that it was more comfortable Even now the Royal Family still use it when they visit Edinburgh. In King James’s extension he ordered loads of lovely rooms to be built but never stayed in them. His brother took the comfort of staying in the gorgeous rooms (most of which are still not finished). If he was to hold a meeting then he would hold it in his bedroom!!! In those times to be invited into a member of the Royal Family’s bedroom would be like being regognised as the Prime Minister of Great Britain (if you want to be).
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots was born at Linlithgow Palace (West Lothian) on the 8th December 1542. She became Queen of Scotland when she was only 6 days old. Mary’s claims to the throne of England were almost as strong as her claims to the Scottish throne because she was next in line after her grandad. Mary was finally excuted at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamtonshire on the 8th February 1587. She was buried in Peterborough Cathedral but in 1612 her son James VI got her body exhumed and placed her in the vault of King Henry VII chapel in Westminster Abbey.
HOLYROOD PALACE
The first part of Holyrood Palace was built nearly 500 hundred years ago, the second part 350 years ago. It was originally built for Queen Mary’s protection and was her home when she returned from France. When Mary married her second husband, Lord Darnley, he just wanted power. When Mary became pregnant Lord Darnley and some Scottish nobles set out to get rid of her Italian secretary, David Rizzio, as they believed that Mary was getting too close. The party dragged Rizzio from the room in which he and Mary had been playing cards and stabbed him 56 times. Mary was forced to watch this horrific sight in the hope that she would die of shock. Fortunately Mary survived and had her son James. Holyrood is now open to the public and you can visit the sight of this murder. The biggest room in the palace is the gallery, which is 42m long. In this room there is hundreds of portraits of the royal family, all painted by the same artist. The room can seat 300 guests for dinner if needed, so it is very large.
Visiting the palace was the most exciting part of the trip for me.
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots was born on the 8th of December at Linlithgow Palace. Her Father died six days after her birth and she was crowned Queen of Scotland at the age of one! She was to young to rule the country so she had the Earl of Lennox take her place until she was old enough. When she was 15 she got married to the Duaphin of France and he was 14 years old. Sadly he died of a ear infection and that long ago they couldn’t deal with it. Mary returned to Scotland a year after her marraige. When she got back she noticed the differents between Scotland and France and Scotland was a lot more cold and stinky. Her second marraige was to a horrible man Lord Darnley who wanted the thrown. He was jealous of Rizzio Mary’s mucisian so one day he came up to Mary’s room and dragged Rizzio through to the other room and stabbed him 56 times. ( Oh what a nice man ).
Mary Queen of Scotts
Mary was born on the 8th of December 1542. She became Queen of Scotland when she was only 6 days old. At the age of 15 she married the Dauphin Francis who sadly died after 17 months of their marriage. That meant Mary became Queen of not just Scotland but also of France. She married twice after that to her cousin Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley) and lastly to James Hepburn (Earl of Bothwell.) Mary had only one child who was called James and was born on the 19th of June1556. Mary came to a gruesam end and was beheaded at the age of 45 on the 8th of February 1587.
John Knox
Not very much is known about John Knoxs life until 1544 apart from he was born in haddington and he studied in university for a short amount of time. By this time he was already a Lutheran but his support of the Cardinal Beaton murder in 1546 led to his 18 month imprisonment. After the death of the protestant king in 1553 ,Edward VI,whose favour John had gained, John started to travel the continent. In 1558 he published his book’First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monsterous Regiment of Women’in which he said to promote a women to bear rule,superitory,dominion or empire above any realm is repugnant to nature ,contrary to God,and is the subervision of good order,of all equlty and justice. The joyless system of church discipline he bequethed to the country coupled with his spiteful and dictatorial personality made him a very difficult man to like.
Looking back on my work I have made some spelling mistakes - oops! I better check it properly next time.
I really enjoyed the Edinburgh trip. It was really fun to walk down the Royal Mile and learn lots of intresting facts about bulidings I hadn’t really noticed before.
Willem Burke & Willem Hare
they were murderers that killed people to give to the surgen in Edinburgh and were body snachers and plundered graves in Edinbugh to get at them to the surgen aswell as killing people!
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary was born on December 8th 1542
She was crowned king of Scotland when she was 9 months old!
She got married 3 times but only had 1 child (a son) James I or James VI.
Her 2nd husband called Lord Darnley wanted Mary dead so he tried to kill her by fright so he stabbed her Italian secretery Rizzio 56 times.She was forced to watch but she never died so Darnley fled.
Mary flew to englan hoping Queen Elizebeth would help her however Elizabeth imprisoned her for 19 years before she got executed in 1587 aged 44.
ROBERT BURNS
Robert Burns was born in January 1759 in Alloway. He is one of Scotlands most famous poets. He was born into poverty and didn’t have much formal schooling, being taught to read and write, with his 7 brothers and sisters, by his father. Some of his most famous works are Auld Lang Syne often sung at New Years, A Red Red Rose and To a Mouse.He claims that Robert Furgusson was the influence for all his work.He died in July of 1796 having written over 200 ballads and poems.
DAVID RIZZIO
David Rizzio was born in 1533 and died in 1566.
He was a private secretary of Mary Queen Of Scots and a supposed lover of Mary.
Before he became a secretary for Mary, he was an excellent singer and musician which first brought him to Mary’s attention.
The worst part of David Rizzio life is when he got grabbed out of the Queen’s special dining room and taken into another room. The Queen was forced to watch him get stabbed by her 2nd husband Lord Darnley,who along with a couple of other men stabbed Rizzio him 56 times causing him to die.
It was purposely done because there was a rumour that Rizzio and the Queen were having an affair when Lord Darnley was married to her.
DECON BRODIE
Decon Brodie was a well respected citizen of old Edinburgh. He was a cabinet maker and of top perfession aswell. When his father died the family buisness passed down to him along with £10,000. This money should have set him up for his life but he used it wrongly.
Decon Brodie had some bad habits though, like drinking and gamballing. His expensive life used up alot of money so he started to rob houses and businesses around to get more money. Unfortuatly when he tried to rob the excise office somebody recognised him so he fled. He eventually was caught, sentenced and hanged.
The Netherbow Port (’Nether’ means furthest and ‘Port’ means Gateway.
The Netherbow Port was a large gatehouse between the High Street and the Canongate. The gates, along with the old city wall, enclosed the city and its citizens from the Canongate and beyond would have to pay to get in. Poorer people in the city couldn’t leave because they couldn’t pay to come back in, so they stayed in their whole lives. The place inside the Netherbow gate became known as the World’s End because for many people this was where their world ended. There is still a pub in this place called the World’s End.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Mary Queen Of Scots claimed the crowns of four nations,Scotland, France ,England and Ireland. She was the cousin of Elizabeth 1 of England and although Mary wanted Elizabeth to help her, the two of them never met each other. Mary was crowned queen before her 1st birthday. Mary was imprisioned for 19 years then beheaded at the age of 44 years old.
Burke and Hare
William Burke and William Hare are two of Scotland’s well known murderers. They were both Irish imigrants and they sold the body’s to Proffeser Knox. They killed people by smothering them with a cushion,(which was later known as burking) though many peoply still believe they were grave-robbers. They killed 16 people and the last one was on Ha’lloween. Burke was caught and hanged, his skin used to bind a book. Hare was let off
JOHN KNOX
John Knox was born in Haddington in 1510 and died in 1572. He probably went to the grammer school there and later went to St Andrews University. Knox was a Scottish clergyman and founder of the Presbyterian denomination.
I thought the trip to “Auld Reekey” (Edinburgh) was really good fun !! I thought that Rizzio was really interesting because he was a very shy but a talented man because he was very musical which Mary (Mary Queen of scots) liked. This made her husband, Lord Darnley jealous and he and some of his men decided to kill Rizzio. They came into the room which Mary and Rizzio were in. They dragged Rizzio into the room next door and killed him. He was stabbed 56 times!!! As they killed Rizzio they made Mary watch him die so Mary would die of shock as Rizzio got stabbed!! Thankfully Mary did’nt die!! Back then some people had really tough lives!!!!!!!
Mary Queen Of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots was born in 1542 and soon after she was born her dad died . When she was only 9 months old she was crownded Queen but she was far to young to rule the country at that age . She went through 3 marriages and they all went wrong . She also had one son called James and came to the palace in Edinburgh after living in france from a young age .
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary had a very hard life because her Dad died when she was a baby and then she was crowned Queen. Because she was so young she could not look after the country. She moved to France and found a husband, the Dauphin of France. She had another 2 husbands, the last of whch was Lord Darnley. His house was blown up and he was shot and killed after being caught running away from the explosion. She was sentenced to death by her cousin Elizabeth 1 and had her head cut off in 1587 when she was 45
Worlds End Pub
The worlds end pub is next to some gold stones in the middle of the road.These gold stones were once part of the wall going all the way around Edinburgh in the 1700’s.The people living in Edinburgh at this time used to think that behind these walls the world ended.So the pub is named after this.The worlds end pub is someting I found quite interesting and funny on our trip to the Royal Mile.
John Knox
John Knox was born in 1510 24th November. John was born in Haddington where he was brought up by his father who was called William Knox and his mother died when he was born.He was a leader of a Protestent Reformation.On the 1st of August 1560 the Scottish Parliment had a meeting to settle religious issues.John and five other ministers were called upon to make a new confession of faith.Within in four days the Scottish confession was presented to the Parliment who then voted and approved of it.At the end of July1572 he returned to Edinburgh from St Andrews his voice was starting to get very feeblle and faint.They had to find a successor for his job as a minister and they found Lawson of Aberdeen who later got the job on 9th of November.John Knox died in 1572.
Holyrood palace
Holyrood palace is where Mary Queen of Scots once lived.It started being built about 500 years ago. The palace was supposed to be built to protect her. She had 3 husbands. Her second husband Lord Darnly wanted only power. What he did was make her watch her secretary Rizzio infront of her eyes hoping she would die of shock. Luckily she didn’t and had her son James. Now the palace is open to the public though every year the Queen will come and stay for a few days. The biggest room is the 42m long gallery.
william brodie
william brodie or as some people like to call him “deacon brodie” through daytime was a very respected cabinet maker , businessman and president (deacon) of the incorporation of the masons and wrights. however, at night he changed into a criminal mastermind he used his daytime occupation as a way to gain knowledge of security mechanisms of his workmates. He also used wax imprints of their keys. He used this method to break into a bank and he stole £800. William brodie started his life of crime around 1768. mr brodie recruited a gang of three theives in 1786 : brown, ainslie and smith
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Stewart was born on 8th December 1542. She became Mary Queen of Scots when she was only 6 days old as her father who had been King had died. When she was 5 she was sent to grow up in France. There she married Dauphin Francis, the future King of France in 1558, but unfortunately he died 2 years later. Mary then returned to Scotland in 1561 where she married again twice, once to Lord Darnley and once to The Earl of Bothwell against her will. Out of these marriages she had one son, James VI. The end of Mary’s life came when she was beheaded at the age of 44 in 1587 because it was thought that she was involved in a plot against her cousin Elizabeth I.
John Knox was born in Haddington in 1510 .He was a leader of a Protestent Reformation.Already a Lutheran by this time, his support of the murder of Cardinal Beaton in 1546 led to his imprisonment for 18 months He died in 1572 at the age of 59.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary was crowned Queen when she was only six days old because her father died. Obviously Mary was too young to be queen so her mother took over the throne. Things in Scotland were getting to dangerous for Mary so she fled too France. While in France she married. Unfotunately her husband died two years later so she went back to Scotland. Later on she had two more marriges which both went terribly wrong. She married Lord Darnley and the Earl of Bothwell. It was thought that she was envolved in a plot to kill her cousin Elizabeth 1st (the Queen of England) so she was beheaded.
Lord Darnley,
He was born in 1545 and died in 1567. He married Mary Queen Of Scots in 1565. He started to get jealous of Marys assistant David Rizzio because he was helping Mary on ruling the country and spending lots of time with her, so stabbed him 56 times. He forced Mary to watch because he thought it would kill her of the shock!!!
In 1567 bombs were planted in his house.He could hear the noises so ran but he could only get as far as his garden before he was strtangled(obviously the person chasing after him was faster)
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ROBERT FERGUSSON
Robert Fergusson was a great poet of his time. He was born in 1750 in Cap and Feather Close in the old town of Edinburgh (Auld Reekie). He has a statue of himself walking outside the Canongate Kirk where he is buried, there was a poem written by James Robertson in 2005 about Fergusson and his statue. When he died he was not very rich so he had no real headstone, but the man he inspired greatly was Robert Burns and he bought a really nice gravestone and placed it on Fergusson’s grave. Robert Fergusson died from mental illness in a public asylum in 1774. The main cause of his mental illness was a fall down a flight of steps in 1773.
The Mercat Cross -
The original Mercat Cross was built in the early 1500’s, the Cross you see today was built in 1885. It was a place where people made official announcements, business deals and watched executions take place! Today they still use the Mercat Cross to annouce General Elections and new Monarchs but not for any executions - thankfully!
Deacon Brodie lived in Edinburgh between 1741 and 1788 he was a skilful cabinet marker and a menber of the council, but he also had a evening job as a burglar.
Brodie kept a copy of each key for each lock he repaired. With this copied key he would then rob his customer’s houses.
Deacon Brodie was caught robbing the Excise Office in the Canongate. He escaped to Amsterdam but was arrested and returned to Edinburgh were he was sentenced to death by hanging.
Brodie attempted to use a steel collar to defeat the noose but the attempt failed.
Brodie was hanged on the “Gibbet” he had re-designed.
He was buried in a unmarked grave in the Parish Church in Buccleuch.
The heart of Midlothian
located just to the west of St. Giles Kirk in Edinburgh is the Heart of Midlothian, which consists of a heart-shape set in the cobble-stones of the street. Despite Edinburgh having been very much the centre of Midlothian for hundreds of years, local government boundary changes in 1974 established a separation between Edinburgh and its Midlothian hinterland. The past connection between Edinburgh and Midlothian can also be seen through the old Midlothian County Chambers, located on George IV Bridge, temporarily used as a visitor centre for the new Scottish Parliament
David Rizzio
David Rizzio was Itallian, he was born in Turin.He grew up to be the private secretary of Mary Queen of Scots.Mary and David had a very close friendship,Lord Darnley Mary’s husband got very jealous of there friendship so he joind a conspirasy of Protestant nobles so he could murder David.On the night of the murder Mary had guests.They were sat in the Evening Drawng Room as Lord Darnley draged David into the next room and stabed him 56 times.Mary was made to watch this as one of Lord Darnley’s friends draged her into the room and made her watch hoping to die of shock.But Mary was stronger than that and survived. David was 33 when he died.
Mary, queen of scots
Mary was born on the 8 december and was was crownd six days later because her father died.At the age of 5 she was sent to grow up in France.She married a man called Dauphin Frances but after two years of marriage he died So she went back to Scotland And got married twice to Lord Darnley and Earl of Bothwell. When she was 44 she was involved with a plot to kill Elizabeth the I.Even though she had been married so many times she only had one child.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary was born on the 8 december 1542.She became Mary queen of scots at 6 years old.Mary was sent to france and married a man called Dauphin Frances. He died so she went back to Scotland after
two years she got married to Lord Darnley and then Earl of Bothwell.When she was 44 she was beheaded after getting involved in a plot to kill Elizabeth the 1st.
David Rizzio
David Rizzio Mary queen of Scots private secretary.He was born in 1533 and died in 1566.Before he was Marys secretary he was a singer and loved to play musical instrumants.David became very colse friends whith Mary so Mary’s husband Lord Darnley while David was having a meeting with Mary and her gests took David and draged him into a differnt room.David was stabbed 56 times and while this was happiningMary was forced to whach Daid beeing stabbed so Lord Darnley thought that she would die from shock but Mary staded strong and lived.
Burke and hare
Burke and hare were known as scotlands two people who murder innocent victims and sold them two doctors for body parts.They used to dig bodies up out of the graveyards.They would murder there victims during the dark hours of the night and took them down alley ways.Burke was caught and hanged.They used burkes skin for binding books.
Heart of Midlothian
The heart of midlothian is where Edinburgh’s first prison, the Old Tollbooth was built in 1386, and it was pullled down in 1817. Before they where hanged, the prisoners where held here to await there dreaded fate.
The heart of midlothian is to do with the heart of the prison and people spit in it because it was a hated place.
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots was born in 1542. Mary Queen of Scots became queen when she was just 6 days old due to her fathers untimely death. She married Dauphin Francis and became Queen of France. Unfortunately Dauphin Francis died 2 years later due to an ear infection. Her second husband was Lord Darnley who used her to regain power of the thrown. Later on Mary’s loyal followers attempted to murder Lord Darnley, for justice (An eye for an eye. A life for a life). They tried to do this by placing bombs in his house, unfortunately he ran away before they exploded, but then to finish him off he was strangled. Her cousin Queen Elizabeth imprisoned her in the Tower of London for 19 years. before ordering her execution.
Mary Queen of Scots was born at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian on December 8th 1542. (In 2 days time she will be 465 years old!). She became Queen of Scotland when she was 6 days old due to her father dying when she was born. 5 years later she had to get sent to France because the country was under siege (her mother was french so this was their emergency country). There she met Francis the prince of France and soon after they married. After 17 months of marriage he died of an ear infection and she returned to Scotland. She was now Queen of France as well as Scotland. Back in Scotland she got married to Lord Darnley who was greedy, selfish, and only wanted more power. He was very jealous of David Rizzio, Mary’s secretary. When he and Mary were having a meeting Lord Darnley dragged him out of the room and forced Mary to watch as he stabbed David 56 times! At this point Mary was pregnant with her only child, James. Knowing Darnley he had all ready made a treacherous plan to try and kill 3 people! while Mary was watching Rizzio getting stabbed she could have died of shock which would make James die aswell, but luckily she and James survived.A few months later Lord Darnley was killed by getting strangled after escaping from an attempt of getting blown up. Then she married The Earl of Borthwell he was not a very nice man either so she decided that he would not be a very good king, so if Mary died he would not become King. After that she fled to England to see if Queen Elizabeth (her second cousin) would help her but Elizabeth was worried that Mary would kill her so she held her as prisoner for nearly 19 years! Then Elizabeth got Mary to be executed in 1587 aged 44.
Lord Darnley
Lord Darnley was born on the 7th of December 1545 at Temple Newsom which is in Leeds(West Yorkshire). He was a catholic just like his wife Mary Queen of Scots. He wasn’t very nice to Mary at all in fact he tried to upset her by making her watch the death of her secretary, David Rizzio. His dad was called Matthew Stewart, also known as the 4th Earl of Lennox. His mum was called Margaret Douglas. He eventually came to the end of his short life on February 10th, 1567, aged 21 and a quarter at Kirk ‘o Field in Edinburgh where he had been staying. The house was blown up and having escaped that he was murdered when he got outside. Suspicion fell on James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell and his friends. Later Bothwell forced Mary to marry him and this started her slow decline as a successful Queen.
Lord Darnley
Lord Darnley was born on the 7th of December 1545 at Temple Newsom which is in Leeds(West Yorkshire). He was a catholic just like his wife Mary Queen of Scots. He wasn’t very nice to Mary at all in fact he tried to upset her by making her watch the death of her secretary, David Rizzio. His dad was called Matthew Stewart, also known as the 4th Earl of Lennox. His mum was called Margaret Douglas. He eventually came to the end of his short life on February 10th, 1567, aged 21 and a quarter at Kirk ‘o Field in Edinburgh where he had been staying. The house was blown up and having escaped that he was murdered when he got outside. Suspicion fell on James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell and his friends. Later Bothwell forced Mary to marry him and this started her slow decline as a successful Queen.
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary was queen of scotland tile 1548 to 1587 . She was crowned queen at the age of six.
She was married two times. First was Dauphin Francis,who later died of an ear infection.
Then there was Lord Darnley,who Mary thought was going to be a fine husband,until she found out he liked to drink alot.Lord Darnley was later blown up in his sick bed. She wanted to marry Riccio but unfortunatly he was stabbed 46 times.After shed blowen Lord Darnley every one blamed Mary,so she ran away down to England,for help from her cousin,Elizabith the first. Unfortunatley she did not help and put her in prison. Eventually Mary got her head chopped off.
Holyrood Palace
The palace is perhaps best known as the home of Mary, Queen of scots, and as the setting for many of the dramatic episodes in her turbulent reign. mary was twice married in the abbey at holyrood house and witnessed the brutal killing of her secretary rizzio by her jealous second husband,lord Darnley, in her private apartments. the palace briefly served as the headquarters of bonnie prince charlie during the 1745 uprising. Today royal apartments are used regularly by the Queen and other members of the royal family for state ceremonies and official entertaining.