Hallyards Palace

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Ruins of Halyards Palace

Hallyards Palace or Hallyards Castle ("the yards at the hall"; German: the courtyards at the hall) is the ruin of a country house northwest of Auchtertool in the Scottish county of Fife . It is said to have been King Malcolm Canmore's hunting lodge . After the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church , Hallyards Palace became the seat of the Bishops of Dunkeld . This remained so until the country house came into the hands of the first secular owner in 1539.

The influence that Hallyards Palace had on the district cannot be overestimated. When James Kirkaldy owned the country house, the country house saw dramatic events: According to John Knox , King James V visited it shortly before his death and the murder of Cardinal David Beaton may have been discussed within its walls. During the Reformation crisis there was fighting between French troops and the Scottish Lords of the Congregation in Hallyards. William Kirkcaldy of Grange fought for the reformers.

According to Knox, after the house was blown up by French troops , Marie de Guise exclaimed, “Now where is John Knox's God? My God is stronger than his now, yes, even in Fife ”. In February 1560 it was reported that the country house was "destroyed to the ground". Kirkcaldy took revenge on a Savoyard captain named Sebastian and his 50 French soldiers.

In later years Hallyards Palace passed into the hands of John Boswell of Balmuto and William Forbes of Craigievar Castle , members of the Skene family , then Earls of Moray . The name of the country house was changed to "Camilla Castle", supposedly in honor of a countess of that name, although no Countess of Moray of that name is known. "Camilla Castle" is the more common name of the country house in Auchtertool today.

Since the Earls of Moray lived some distance from the country house, Hallyards Palace was no longer used. In 1819 a member of the Skene family visited the country house again and found it in a rather dilapidated condition. Most of the grand house was demolished in 1847. The remains can be found on the farmland northwest of the village.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fife Place-name Data :: Hallyards . Fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. ^ John Knox: History of the Reformation . Book 2 .. Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nls.uk
  3. ^ John Knox: History of the Reformation . Book 3. Cuthbert Lennox, 1905. p. 187.
  4. ^ Joseph Bain (editor): Calender State Papers Scotland . Volume 1. 1898. p. 310. Randolph to Sadler and Croft.
  5. ^ John Maxwell: Historical memoirs of the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . Abbotsford Club, 1836. p. 47.
  6. ↑ Hallyards Castle | Castle in Auchtertool, Fife | Scottish castles | Stravaiging around Scotland . Stravaiging.com. June 20, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  7. ^ The gazetteer of Scotland - Google Books . Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  8. ^ Fife Place-name Data :: Camilla . Fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk. Retrieved September 7, 2017.

Coordinates: 56 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 9 ″  W.