Blackfriars
The Stirling Blackfriars were founded about 1233, one of at least 12 Dominican friaries established in Scotland during the fourteenth century. The monastery was demolished or fell into ruin following the Reformation in 1560. It gave its name to Stirling’s Friars’ Street.
The site originally stood outside the town. Only archaeological remains now survive under gardens behind buildings in Stirling’s
modern Barton Street.
Doubtless the friars and others were buried in or close to the church. But in 1419 a man nicknamed The Mammet King, an impostor who claimed to be Richard II of England, was buried here. In 1425 the Albany Stewarts, cousins of James I accused f treason, were executed and buried here, beside the altar of the church.
For further information about the Stirling Blackfriars see:
Ronald Page and Catherine Page, ‘Blackfriars of Stirling’, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,
vol. 126 (1996), pp.881-898.
You can also see Ron and Cathy's Flickr page on Blackfriars dig
The site originally stood outside the town. Only archaeological remains now survive under gardens behind buildings in Stirling’s
modern Barton Street.
Doubtless the friars and others were buried in or close to the church. But in 1419 a man nicknamed The Mammet King, an impostor who claimed to be Richard II of England, was buried here. In 1425 the Albany Stewarts, cousins of James I accused f treason, were executed and buried here, beside the altar of the church.
For further information about the Stirling Blackfriars see:
Ronald Page and Catherine Page, ‘Blackfriars of Stirling’, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,
vol. 126 (1996), pp.881-898.
You can also see Ron and Cathy's Flickr page on Blackfriars dig