Old Photograph Banqueting Hall Mary, Queen of Scots House Jedburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Banqueting Hall in Mary Queen of Scots house in Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The young Mary Stuart arrived in Jedburgh in 1566 to hold a Circuit Court, and a 16th Century fortified house was put at her disposal. Hearing that Lord Bothwell lay wounded at Hermitage Castle, Mary set out on an arduous return journey of 40 miles to visit him. She arrived back from a damp moorland ride, ill and close to death and is later said to have remarked " Would that I had died in Jedburgh ", as her troubles crowded upon her.



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