Coronation of James VI

James Stewart (1566–1625), son of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) and Lord Darnley (1546–1567), was crowned King of Scotland by Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, in the Holy Rude Kirk at Stirling on 29 July 1567.

[6] The Privy Council asserted their commitment to justice and vengeance against the Earl of Bothwell for the murder of Lord Darnley by sending the dismembered body parts of his henchman William Blackadder for display at Stirling, Glasgow, Perth, and Dundee.

[7] The Scottish lords and Privy Council travelled to Stirling on 27 July bringing the crown, sceptre, and sword, known as the Honours of Scotland, from Edinburgh Castle.

[9] Annabell Murray, Countess of Mar brought Prince James down from the castle to the Holy Rude Kirk on the afternoon of 29 July for the three hour ceremony.

[17] Accounts of the ceremony mention that next Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, anointed the king and the Earl of Atholl placed the crown on his head.

The English ambassador, Nicolas Throckmorton, refused to attend "as these accidents were chanced, and these matters concluded" contrary to Elizabeth's advice and wishes,[20] but he sent his aide and cousin Henry Middlemore to Stirling.

Commemorative stone in the Church of the Holy Rude
Church of the Holy Rude and Mar's Wark