Margaret Masterton

Margaret Masterton or Maistertoun was employed in 1594 at Stirling Castle as the nurse of Prince Henry, the son of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark.

[2] She married a lawyer, James Primrose of Barhill, Culross.

[4] She was sometimes known as "Mistress Primrose" and received annuity payments from Prince Henry under that name.

[5] Their son George Primrose was a clergyman at Hereford Cathedral and preacher at the Eignbrook Chapel in 1662.

[6] She may have been the wet-nurse to the Prince described by George Nicholson who became ill and was replaced in January 1595 by the wife of Henry Murray, a Stirling burgess.