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[[Charles II of England]] (1630–1685) was crowned King of Scotland at [[Scone Palace]] on 1 January 1651. His father, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], had been executed in London at [[Palace of Whitehall|Whitehall Palace]] on 30 January 1649. Charles arrived in Scotland in June 1650 where there was support for his rule following the [[Treaty of Breda (1650)|Treaty of Breda]].<ref>''Mr Lamont's Diary'' (Edinburgh, 1830), pp. 19-20: David Stevenson, 'Minute Book of the Board of Green Cloth', ''Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, XV'' (Edinburgh, 2013), pp. 55–132.</ref> Charles resided at [[Gowrie House (Perth, Scotland)|old Gowrie House]] in Perth and held meetings in the summer house by the [[River Tay|Tay]].<ref>''Balfour's Annals'', 4, p. 128.</ref> The master of the [[Mints of Scotland|Scottish mint]] was ordered to strike or cast medallions called "coronation pieces".<ref>''Balfour's Annals'', 4, p. 207.</ref> On Christmas Day 1650, the herald [[Sir James Balfour, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird|James Balfour]] announced the discovery of an original manuscript signed by [[Robert the Bruce]] in 1326 entailing the Scottish crown to the [[Stuart dynasty]].<ref>George William Cullen Gross, '1651: The Last Coronation in Scotland', ''Court Historian'', 26:3 (December, 2021), p. 241: ''Balfour's Annals'', 4, p. 219.</ref>▼
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[[File:Scone palace chapel sca1.jpg|thumb|right|The Moot Hill Chapel at [[Scone Palace]] is a remnant of the old parish church.]]▼
|Event_Name = Scottish coronation of Charles II
|Image_Caption = Gold 1651 coronation medal
|Participants = {{Plainlist|
*[[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]
*[[John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun|Lord Chancellor of Scotland]]
*[[Peerage of Scotland|Peers of the Realm]]
}}
|Location = [[Scone Palace]], [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], Scotland
|Date = 1 January 1651
}}
[[File:The Queen at the Scottish Parliament - crop.jpg|thumb|right|The crown used at Scone in 1561 was remodelled in 1540 by the goldsmith [[John Mosman (goldsmith)|John Mosman]]]]
▲[[Charles II of England|Charles II]] (1630–1685) was crowned [[List of Scottish monarchs|King of Scotland]] and his other kingdoms at [[Scone Palace]] on 1 January 1651. His father, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], had been executed in London at [[Palace of Whitehall|Whitehall Palace]] on 30 January 1649. Charles arrived in Scotland in June 1650 where there was support for his rule following the [[Treaty of Breda (1650)|Treaty of Breda]].<ref>''Mr Lamont's Diary'' (Edinburgh, 1830), pp.
==Ceremony==
▲[[File:Scone palace chapel sca1.jpg|thumb|right|The Moot Hill Chapel at [[Scone Palace]] is a remnant of the old parish church.]]
Charles travelled the short distance to Scone on 31 December.<ref>David Stevenson, 'Minute Book of the Board of Green Cloth', ''Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, XV'' (Edinburgh, 2013), p. 127.</ref> The next day, he dressed in the robe of a prince. He sat under a canopy or cloth estate in his audience chamber, the hall of Scone Palace. There was a procession to the nearby chapel at [[Moot hill|Moot Hill]]. The [[Honours of Scotland]] were placed on a table beside him during a sermon given by [[Robert Douglas (minister)|Robert Douglas]]. The hour-long sermon (subsequently printed) noted a requirement for the monarch to respect the
Charles made his coronation oath, including a
As was traditional, the ancestry of Charles back to [[Fergus Mór|King Fergus]] was recited by James Balfour, as the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms|Lyon King of Arms]].<ref>Jane Rickard, 'Stuart Coronations in Seventeenth Century Scotland', Paulina Kewes & Andrew McRae, ''Stuart Succession Literature: Moments and Transformations'' (Oxford, 2019), p. 250.</ref> After the ceremonies in the chapel there was a banquet in the palace.<ref>George William Cullen Gross, '1651: The Last Coronation in Scotland', ''Court Historian'', 26:3 (December, 2021), pp.
Although this contested ceremony in time of conflict is assumed to have been relatively subdued, there are records of significant expenditure especially on provisions for the banquet. These included salmon, calves' heads, and partridges with Bordeaux and Burgundy wine. 205 pounds of sugar were supplied by John Meine in Edinburgh. Some sugar confections were dyed with an ounce of [[cochineal]]. Some of the costs were met by James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Viscount Stormont, the owner of Scone, as well as the official "Board of the Green Cloth" hosting the king which was allowed a half month's costs in advance to meet coronation expenses.<ref>George William Cullen Gross, '1651: The Last Coronation in Scotland', ''Court Historian'', 26:3 (December, 2021), pp. 213, 237, quoting an
Scone Palace was rebuilt from 1803. The present long gallery is said to be on the site of a long gallery of the time of [[James VI and I]], which was decorated with hunting scenes [[Scottish Renaissance painted ceilings|painted in tempera]]. The parish church was removed from its site on Moot Hill leaving the aisle with the monument to [[David Murray, 1st Viscount of Stormont|David Murray]].<ref>''Sconiana'' (Edinburgh, 1807), p. 13.</ref>
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==External links==
*Robert Douglas, [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A36435.0001.001?view=toc ''The form and order of the coronation of Charles the Second, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland as it was acted and done at Scoone, the first day of Ianuarie, 1651'' (Aberdeen, 1651): Text EEBO]
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[[Category:1651 in Scotland]]
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