Qualla: Methven Castle https://qualla.com/methven-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Methven Castle https://qualla.com/methven-castle Methven Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/methven-castle/ Margaret Tudor died at Methven on 18 October 1541, far from London and farther still from the throne she had married into. She was the elder sister of Henry VIII, the queen of James IV who had been killed at Flodden, the grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots. She had outlived two more husbands and a great deal of Scottish politics, and Methven, given to her as part of her marriage gift in May 1503, was the last place she called home. The present house dates from 1664, designed by the mason-architect John Mylne over what may be much older work. But the lands beneath it have carried royal weight for eight centuries, passing from family to family by treason, marriage, conquest, and the patient transfer of paperwork between Scottish lawyers.

Read more: Methven Castle on Qualla

]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/methven-castle-wp/gfj2-methven-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Methven Castle: Bruce's Confiscation https://qualla.com/methven-castle/ The Mowbray family held Methven from the 12th century. When Scotland tore itself apart over the succession after Alexander III's death, the Mowbrays backed John Balliol against Robert the Bruce. Bruce won. The crown took Methven and gave it to Walter Stewart, the Bruce's son-in-l...

Read more: Methven Castle on Qualla

]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/methven-castle-wp/gfj2-methven-castle-bruces-confiscation.mp3 0:06 2 full Methven Castle: A Tudor at Methven https://qualla.com/methven-castle/ On 29 May 1503, James IV included Methven Castle in the marriage gift that came with his bride, Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII. She was thirteen. He was thirty. The match was supposed to bind Scotland and England together. It did, eventually: their great-grandson James VI ...

Read more: Methven Castle on Qualla

]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/methven-castle-wp/gfj2-methven-castle-a-tudor-at-methven.mp3 0:06 3 full Methven Castle: Lennox, Smythe, and Mylne https://qualla.com/methven-castle/ When the third Lord Methven died without an heir in 1584, James VI gave the castle to his favourite, the Duke of Lennox. In 1664 the estate was bought by Patrick Smythe of Braco, and Smythe commissioned John Mylne to build the present house. Mylne was one of the master masons of ...

Read more: Methven Castle on Qualla

]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/methven-castle-wp/gfj2-methven-castle-lennox-smythe-and-mylne.mp3 0:06 4 full Methven Castle: Decline and Restoration https://qualla.com/methven-castle/ The Smythe family held Methven through the 18th and 19th centuries, adding to the castle and the grounds. The parks and gardens still appear in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant designed landscapes. The castle was so...

Read more: Methven Castle on Qualla

]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/2/methven-castle-wp/gfj2-methven-castle-decline-and-restoration.mp3 0:06 5 full