BIOGRAPHY Of King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England

Posted by TheSloneGal on April 26, 2012

King at 13 Months.

Mr. King James name was James Charles Stuart.

He was born in June 19 of 1566 at the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley was his father and was murdered on February 10th 1567 at the Hamilton’s’ house before James was even a year old. Mary, Queen of the Scots was his mother and was soon forced to give up her throne because she was suspected to have been involved with the murder of James father Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.

So at the age of 13 months was when baby James was crowned King James VI on July 24 of 1567. The reformation leader John Knox gave the speech at James crowning.

Mary Imprisoned

Mary was soon imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth of England in England. Then after 19 years later after her imprisonment Mary was executed in February of 1587 for being … Read the rest

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Three Ghosts of Oldham Farm

Posted by TheSloneGal on July 1, 2010

This story is about three ghosts. Oldham farm was my great grandfathers house and now it belongs to my grandfather but when my great-grandfather lived there he went out and took his dog for a walk up his seven fields (each one three football pitches long) but when he got to the third one he could see an old white rusty caravan. He whistled his dog back and went back to get his double barreled shot gun.
 
He went back up there with two bullets only he knocked on the caravans door and no one answered. He waited about five minutes and they turned up with a dead cow, one of his. He aimed his gun at them and told them to get out of their car and they did. He told them to line up facing against the caravan and he put the two bullets in to it … Read the rest

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