African presence at the Scottish royal court

[1] The American scholar Kim F. Hall has characterised these people as "dehumanised alien curiosities",[2] and their histories, roles at court, and their relationships with communities, are the subject of continuing research and debate.

[4][5] An early reference to people of African origin at the Scottish court relates to a group of young women or children in November 1504, recorded as the "More lasses".

[11][12] Her story was the basis of a character in a 2022 stage play, James IV - Queen of the Fight, by Rona Munro.

[19] In 1603, at the Union of the Crowns, James and Anne of Denmark moved to London, and the culture of the Scottish court merged with Tudor traditions.

[20] The scholar Sujata Iyengar sees The Masque of Blackness performed at Whitehall Palace, as an example of Anne of Denmark's continued use of Scottish theatrical themes in England.

Ellen More and Margaret More were members of the household of Margaret Tudor at Linlithgow Palace
A record of costume bought for the "Moir" servant in 1590, from the Scottish treasurer's accounts