Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Question from Emma - Whorlton Castle

Does anyone know about Whorlton Castle in North Yorkshire and its connection with Mary Queen of Scots marriage contract to Lord Darnley?

I went there a few weeks ago a gatehouse is really all that is left. There was no information to be found anywhere on this lovely site, the only info was a road sign with the name whorlton.

I came across its connection with Mary QoS in an article on the web but no reference to why there and who was present etc can anyone help with more

Thanks

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Emma

Wikipedia (I know, caution!) has a fairly comprehensive article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whorlton_Castle
It notes that the Countess of Lennox may have written from here to propose the marriage, but that the contract was signed in Stirling