Daily Archives: 3rd April 2020

A Battlefield for Power on the Scottish Border: Melrose Abbey

A Battlefield for Power on the Scottish Border: Melrose Abbey. Professor Richard Oram. James and Joan’s first hours in Scotland were spent within the precinct at Melrose Abbey. The oldest monastery of Cistercian monks in Scotland, founded in 1136 by James’s ancestor, King David I, it was one of the richest and most extensive landowners…

Castles and Kings… Just where was Perth’s Royal House?

Castles and Kings… Just where was Perth’s Royal House? This is the second article in the new series about James I from the Perthshire Advertiser. The Perthsire Advertiser has teamed up with Professor Richard Oram of the James I / Charterhouse Project, who are looking at the fascinating apects of James I’s life and how…