1543
Siege of Holyrood
The Abbey & Holyrood are sacked
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Holyrood in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Abbey & Holyrood are sacked
Holyrood Abbey and nearby buildings suffer destruction during Hertford's raid.
Holyrood Abbey and buildings around the abbey are damaged during Hertford's raid.
Hertford's troops damage Holyrood and nearby religious buildings during the attack on Edinburgh.
Darnley is great grandson of Margaret Tudor & grandson of Henry VII
Creates controversy because of the Papist ceremony using a Church of England service. 1st time since early infancy that Charles has set foot in Scotland
Provenance
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