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1362 - King David II stayed at Spynie Palace
for some time to avoid the Plague in
Edinburgh.
1390 - Alexander
Stewart / Wolf of Badenoch, brother of King
Robert III, attacked the area with his Forces,
burning much of Forres, Elgin, and Elgin Cathedral. His
brother stopped him from burning Spynie
Palace.
Bishop Bur of
Elgin Cathedral had excommunicated Stewart for
Marriage Infidelity, leading to the
attacks.
1400s - Bishop John de
Winchester carried out alterations to
Spynie Palace. As well as being the Bishop of
Moray, John was the King's Master of Works,
responsible for alterations to Inverness and
Urquhart Castles, also Linlithgow
Palace.
1400s late - the six story David's Tower was
completed for Bishop David Stewart, claimed to
be the largest Tower of that time.
1560 - the Reformation in Scotland made
Catholic Worship illegal, with Catholic Bishops
and Monks allowed to live out their lives at
their Cathedrals, Abbeys, and Priory's.
The Reformation led to a series of Wars of
Religion between Catholics and Protestants, and
different types of Protestantism, such as the
Bishops Wars, Covenanters, Wars of the Three
Kingdoms, English Civil War, and
Jacobite's.
1562 - Mary Queen of Scots stayed at Spynie
Palace for 2 nights while in the area with her
Forces dealing with the Earl of Huntly,
who had been rebelling against her. The Earl
died in captivity later that year, with his
Body taken to Edinburgh to stand Trial.
1567 - Mary Queen of
Scots was defeated by forces of Scots
Nobles at the Battle of Carberry Hill, with her
husband Lord Bothwell / James Hepburn, forced
to flee for his life.
Scots Nobles had blamed Lord Bothwell for
the Murder of Mary's earlier husband, Lord Darnley,
leading to the Nobles forcing Mary to Abdicate
in favour of her Protestant son James.
1567 - Bishop Hepburn, the last Roman
Catholic Bishop at Spynie, sheltered his
relative Lord Bothwell at Spynie before he
traveled to Orkney, then Denmark, where he died
in a Gruesome Prison.
1567 - Elgin Cathedral was abandoned,
leading to it falling into ruin.
1573 - Bishop Patrick Hepburn died, leading
to Protestant Bishops using Spynie Palace from
that time.
1640 - the Covenanter General Munro took the
Palace from Bishop Guthrie, as Guthrie had
refused to subscribe to the Covenant.
Covenanters were against Kings and Queens being
the head of their Churches.
1662 - the restoration of Episcopacy,
Bishops in control of Churches in Scotland, led
to Spynie Palace being passed back to
Bishops.
1689 - Bishop Hay was removed from office
for refusing to take an Oath of Allegiance to
King William and Queen Mary, last Bishop to use
the Palace.
The Palace then passed into the hands of the
Crown with its Ironwork and Wood Carvings
removed.
Local people then began taking Stone from
the Palace for other Buildings in the area.
1973 - the Ruins were taken over by Historic
Environment Scotland to be Maintained for use
as a Tourist Attraction.
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