Could Mary Queen of Scots Have Escaped her English Prison?

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  • @ScotlandHistoryTours
    @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +13

    When Did Mary Realise She Was in an English Prison? ua-cam.com/video/30RSuQVqcG4/v-deo.html
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    • @user-sc69
      @user-sc69 Рік тому

      Wen the drugs wore off

    • @enzocar72
      @enzocar72 Рік тому +1

      Tut-Tutbury Castle, very poor customer service I must agree 👍

  • @darriendastar3941
    @darriendastar3941 Рік тому +19

    Thank goodness you had that problem with Tutbury Castle. It gives me another place of historical interest that I can avoid going to - with a clear conscience.

  • @gregorytaylor3146
    @gregorytaylor3146 Рік тому +17

    Tudbury Castle is definitely off my itinerary. That was unethical, rude and shabby treatment. The Castle staff should have lived up to their original permission and honored the paid admission.

  • @cyberleaderandy1
    @cyberleaderandy1 Рік тому +47

    As a local to Tutbury castle where Mary was held for some time and the Babbington plot with the beer barrels was exposed I can say that its not an easy place to get out of. Whilst the modern castle is in a slighted condition after the ECW it would have taken a lot of outside or inside help to get out and away from the hilltop castle.
    Leslie Smith is the curator but is employed by the Duchy of Lancaster. Id write and complain as she is happy to promote weddings and other events she does Mary in ( yes she is Mary) and after taking your money ( hope you got a refund Bruce) its a bit rich throwing you especially after saying it was ok. As a local though its no shock, Ill say no more. .

    • @interneteditor5258
      @interneteditor5258 Рік тому +8

      This just makes me want to know even more. Leslie sounds highly unprofessional.

    • @gerrypowell2748
      @gerrypowell2748 Рік тому

      She should of stayed in France🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @cyberleaderandy1
      @cyberleaderandy1 Рік тому +5

      @@interneteditor5258 can't comment really on here.

    • @86sscj86
      @86sscj86 Рік тому

      Wonder what the REAL reason for asking Bruce to leave was?

  • @amyferebee
    @amyferebee Рік тому +21

    If they're smart, they'll figure out how remarkable you and your work are, and decide to pay YOU to come back and feature them on Scotland History Tours. At the very least they owe you a formal letter of apology.

  • @benjaminlasseter8929
    @benjaminlasseter8929 Рік тому +9

    Oooh... Sounds like Tutbury Castle may not be getting a very big uptick in tourism this year. They say that the value of a satisfied person is a positive value of a small amount. The value of a person you have made angry is unknown but it's negative and very, VERY large... Thanks for a fascinating video, Bruce. I've loved your series on Mary, Queen of Scots.

  • @ladyliberty417
    @ladyliberty417 Рік тому +17

    Sorry for your troubles Bruce❤ This story never gets old it is so heartbreaking, thank you for all your efforts to educate us❣️

  • @Iomhair
    @Iomhair Рік тому +9

    true Scottish legend the Bruce fummey.

  • @CrackedCandy
    @CrackedCandy Рік тому +160

    Upvote this comment to let the Duchy of Lancaster know you won't be visiting. Give Bruce his £45 back.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +26

      Too right

    • @YourMamaCat
      @YourMamaCat Рік тому +17

      Amplifying this. 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

    • @nancyM1313
      @nancyM1313 Рік тому +16

      Give Bruce his Money BACK, please!!
      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🇺🇸

    • @stevenwelch4679
      @stevenwelch4679 Рік тому +12

      They just couldn’t miss an opportunity to get one over on another Scot

    • @rabby-u
      @rabby-u Рік тому +13

      Aye, the rebellion has begun! Raise the standard!

  • @fearthekilt
    @fearthekilt Рік тому +8

    Well, that place is off my list of places to visit upon my retirement trip to Scotland. Wishing you a very good February and good morning from America! Great Story Bruce.

  • @geowidman
    @geowidman Рік тому +4

    Screwed on a full set-up? I feel your pain🤨. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt - too many times. But nice recovery, and thanks for another first class showing!🌟

  • @BigMrFirebird
    @BigMrFirebird Рік тому +5

    I've spent a lot of time at Tutbury Castle in the past, including sleeping over many times in it. I've seen real fights, explosions, bagpipers and the only things I've not seen there were either ghosts or a curator without an ego the size of their mouth. But if you want a laugh, the last time I had dealings with the Duchy of Lancaster, their main person (other than the Queen) who ran the show was (drum roll) Prince Andrew! And just like Prince Andrew, Tutbury Castle is best left at a distance. I'll never go back either. Now onto the site of Sheffield Castle, (where Mary spent most of her time in England) and take a trowel and Sheffield Cathedral with the tombs of some of her courtiers. Then Sheffield Manor, where Mary went whilst they fumigated the castle :D

  • @andymcphee6923
    @andymcphee6923 Рік тому +8

    Ah Tutbury. You should have said you were heading so far south Bruce because I stay just down the road in Stafford. Would have been an honour to put you up for a couple of days. Excellent video again 👍

  • @Noneofurbeeswax
    @Noneofurbeeswax Рік тому +15

    I really enjoy your videos and I’ve learned so much about things they just don’t cover in detail in history classes. Thanks for your work! Also I’m visiting Scotland, England, and Ireland in December. I won’t be visiting the castle that tossed you out for nothing.

  • @DGKED-td7mf
    @DGKED-td7mf Рік тому +2

    I will skip that castle when Im there on my vacation this summer

  • @jeffreybeckham1130
    @jeffreybeckham1130 Рік тому +6

    And now we present the first episode of a new radio drama series, "The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots" ... Part I, "The Beginning"
    (Crashing sounds, screaming)
    Episode 2 of "The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots" can be heard on Radio 4 almost immediately

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 Рік тому +6

    Thank you Bruce. Videos are always educational + entertaining.
    Cheers~

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 Рік тому +7

    A'reyt Bruce. Welcome back to England for another tale of deception and subterfuge. Oh, and thanks for the great history story as well.

  • @cheesedoff-with4410
    @cheesedoff-with4410 Рік тому +5

    Right. I've got to the end............ Did they cough up?
    I'm impressed with your swift change of filming locations. You did well.

  • @kaitiaki_tamati8830
    @kaitiaki_tamati8830 Рік тому +1

    Loving your content, your channel helps me learn & connect with my ancestry.
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇿

  • @violadamore2-bu2ch
    @violadamore2-bu2ch Рік тому

    I love your videos and your sharp sense of humor. Happy Days.

  • @1aikane
    @1aikane 3 місяці тому

    Mary Queen of Scots lived in exile with my family (ancestors) in Scotland. I visited the castle and her bed chamber. She wasn't in chains, but was living in exile

  • @danpictish5457
    @danpictish5457 Рік тому +7

    Thanks as always Bruce for your brilliant presentations. A lot of my aristocratic Scottish ancestors worked for Mary Queen of Scots and later lost their castles and had to flee later and not only because some of them were Catholic. And Aye you are famous Bruce!

  • @deejayk5939
    @deejayk5939 Рік тому

    I love these videos! Thanks, sorry for your trouble.

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 Рік тому +4

    Good morning Bruce, you could have knocked me down with a feather when I saw you standing outside of Tutbury Castle. I knew that place so well. I lived in Derby and about 30 - 40 years ago spent many weekends at concerts and events there, camping in the grounds. We got to know the then curator, Barry. In those days there was no security and Barry and his wife lived in the castle. He would have let you shoot there and would have gone out of his way to be helpful, he was just like that.We spent many an hour and money in the pub on the corner there, I think it was named after a big cat but the actual name escapes me.

  • @petercasey6938
    @petercasey6938 Рік тому +3

    Reputedly, on her way to Fotheringhay Mary passed through Coventry & was held in an upper room at the Bear Pub in the High St (now a branch of Barclays Bank) where she was said to be having conversations with conspirators through gaps in the walls & floor. Consequently she was removed to the Lady Mayoress’s apartments in St Mary’s Guildhall but again this was deemed unacceptable (possibly by the Lady Mayoress) & she was shunted off again to the Greyfriar’s Monastery (just outside of the Ringroad). Most questionable about these claims is that I doubt that any of these locations would be big enough to accommodate an entourage as big as you describe in the manner that they would have expected.

  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet Рік тому +7

    Imagine the roaming charges back then if she escaped to France

  • @stevieneilson2451
    @stevieneilson2451 Рік тому

    Once again, a brilliant and entertaining vid 👏 👌 👍🏻

  • @adamobrien4088
    @adamobrien4088 Рік тому

    Way to go Bruce! great vid.

  • @mikhailabunidal9146
    @mikhailabunidal9146 Рік тому +3

    @ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland History Tours w Bruce Fummey
    0:15 tha comasach/ it's possible
    15:19 Chì mi thu a dh’ aithghearr Brus/ See you soon Bruce 👋

  • @NightShooter87
    @NightShooter87 Рік тому +3

    I haven't read the comments, but someone will pipe up saying they are, Mary's 15th Great Grandson, twice removed. Anyway great vid as always. I've always been fascinated by Mary, an interesting story.

  • @GreyPilgrim_Mithrandir
    @GreyPilgrim_Mithrandir Рік тому +6

    They probably didn't let you into the castle coz they wouldn't take your Scottish notes for the entry fee (even though you paid online!).

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +4

      😂Aye they must've recognised the Scottish IP Address

    • @lindamazur6124
      @lindamazur6124 Рік тому +3

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours I was wondering if it had anything to do with a specific invitation that you recently publicly turned down?
      And someone got their nickers in a twist and put a kibosh on your day.🤔🤔🙈😅

    • @t.wcharles2171
      @t.wcharles2171 Рік тому +1

      This always gets me that someone can go to Scotland and use English banknotes and then come back and not accept perfectly valid Scottish notes what's so wrong about taking a note with Robert Bruce rather than Winston Churchill it just annoys me and I say this as an Angle

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +1

      @linda mazur No, I filmed this in October... and that would have been really petty

  • @PilotJen6000
    @PilotJen6000 Рік тому

    I love your channel. Would like to DM you as my husband Is Scottish and I am for generations. We are in Australia but will be going back to Edinburgh in a year or two for a visit

  • @shannonmarshall7843
    @shannonmarshall7843 Рік тому +1

    My son did that ancestry thing and he said he found a relation to the Robert de Ferrier who came over with William. Tutbury was taken from one of roberts ancestors for rebelling against the king. He said he always has wanted to go here, he would’ve loved to see it. Thanks for the great videos we both love them!

  • @richardpedley6291
    @richardpedley6291 Рік тому +10

    £45 to get in sounds like a right rip off

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 Рік тому

      I don't think that you have any experience of what today's charges are for filming permits! They can be eye-watering!!! 😱

    • @vladtheimpala5532
      @vladtheimpala5532 Рік тому +2

      Especially if you don’t get to shoot the video once you get there.

    • @ianbarkham5080
      @ianbarkham5080 Рік тому

      Did he get a refund?

  • @KLWilsonUS
    @KLWilsonUS Рік тому

    Sorry about your problems with Tutbury but a great video as always. I do so love a good "story".

  • @gerryphilly53
    @gerryphilly53 Рік тому

    Yet another excellent video! I look forward every week to learning about Scotland and its culture from you.

  • @markbulmer995
    @markbulmer995 Рік тому +1

    I’m English,,and now I won’t be going Bruce!!!

  • @Smartgran
    @Smartgran Рік тому +3

    😅 I’ll never set foot in Tutberry castle in the rest of my life! That telt em.

  • @alanwatson4249
    @alanwatson4249 Рік тому

    Good stuff. Keep it up.

  • @annasaylor3566
    @annasaylor3566 Рік тому

    Awesome 👍
    ☮️🌹🦋❤️🌟

  • @nathansands71
    @nathansands71 Рік тому

    Saw you in the trailer for the Richard III movie. Well done sir!

  • @user-sc69
    @user-sc69 Рік тому +3

    Do one about Crookston Castle pls.i grew up across from it an were taught nowt.yer vids are brill btw

    • @user-sc69
      @user-sc69 Рік тому

      Thanks Bruce 😊 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @DH.2016
    @DH.2016 Рік тому +2

    Tut, tut, Tutbury (that's one castle off my list).

  • @jamesquinn7492
    @jamesquinn7492 Рік тому

    Quality as always Bruce

  • @therabbithole-sn5yb
    @therabbithole-sn5yb Рік тому +5

    Another great video Bruce!!! I always look forward to seeing your new videos keep up the great work, you're like the history teacher I always wished I had in school lol. You make me even prouder to be only a 2nd generation Scottish American 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

  • @philipgrier9376
    @philipgrier9376 Рік тому

    Very interesting!

  • @richardland9668
    @richardland9668 Рік тому

    You missed the tunnel from Dethick to Wingfield Manor…. and that’s part of my family history from the Babington.

  • @aidanwalsh2545
    @aidanwalsh2545 Рік тому +1

    Lesley Smith used to be on Most Haunted...and she used to dress up as Mary Queen of Scots.

    • @cyberleaderandy1
      @cyberleaderandy1 Рік тому +1

      She does it a lot and does other characters she does talks on.

    • @HLBear
      @HLBear Рік тому

      The castle website says she's the Curator. 🙄

  • @Wee_Langside
    @Wee_Langside Рік тому +3

    Bruce sorry to hear of your problems with Tutbury Castle. It's a few miles from where I am in Derby and now off my list of places to visit.
    I didn't know of the connection between Bess of Hardwick and Mary. I did know that there was a connection between Arabella Stuart and Hardwick. The Stewart were a complicated family.
    You're right about this area being far from most places. Derby and Tutbury couldn't be much further from the sea, the nearest seaside is at Skegness which isn't the same as Marbs. We do have more than our fair share of stately homes and I hope you had a chance to visit some of them
    Good luck with your tour to the Southern Hemisphere

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому

      On a train in Japan as I type. Will definitely be back in your area, if not Tutbury

    • @Wee_Langside
      @Wee_Langside Рік тому

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours When you do come to this area again I'll buy you a pint at the Crewe and Harpur while we admire the causeway that was as far as Charles Edward Stewart got to.
      Enjoy your trip and stay in Japan

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому

      Aye we filmed in the beer garden there

  • @kathrynsamuelson1983
    @kathrynsamuelson1983 Рік тому +1

    Always get it in writing...

  • @kevincammell8083
    @kevincammell8083 Рік тому

    are you still coming to New Zealand and Australia? LOve your shetland ones...had a great time at home for the first time...

  • @lynnemurphy114
    @lynnemurphy114 Рік тому +2

    When are you going to get a TV history channel

  • @aaronk534
    @aaronk534 Рік тому +4

    Great video. Love the channel. Me thinks someone has mad a HUGE PR blunder and possibly ruint their attraction. High priced and seems like a hustle. 3 card monte of tourism, its ok.... its ok..... sad clown. Thanks Bruce

  • @radicalpaddyo
    @radicalpaddyo Рік тому +1

    Without a head, it's pretty much impossible I imagine

  • @nolansalmon6021
    @nolansalmon6021 Рік тому +1

    Oh dear. Tutbury is just up the road from me and I've been to the castle many times before. The last time was for an "event" where they were serving warm beer from cans rushed up from a local supermarket. It was overpriced and underwhelming. I decided then i was unlikely to revisit. Now i am sure i will not. I must apologise on behalf of my borough (East Staffs) and the village of Tutbury (which actually is lovely with some great pubs and a very old hotel/coaching inn) for the terrible way you weretreated. Its simply unforgivable and they have done themselves a huge disservice. I was actually looking forward to this video as i recognised Tutbury from the shot of you driving through the gates.
    As an aside (and further to one of your previous videos) i have recently done the Ancestry DNA test and despite nearly everyone in my family tree (traced so far) being from the Midlands of England it appears i have 16% Scottish DNA, and all from my fathers side.
    Keep up the good work as i love my history.

  • @willthegeek1815
    @willthegeek1815 Рік тому

    The treatment from the curator is shameful. Down with that sort of thing. Careful now, to anyone going to it.

  • @HLBear
    @HLBear Рік тому +4

    Hahahaha Leslie Smith is the Curator. I sent an email in support of your refund, though. It's a polite email. Maybe Lancaster is next.
    Edit: Duchy of Lancaster has also been politely emailed. Maybe in some small way, knowing an international fanbase is unhappy will get the fee back. It's a matter of principle!

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +3

      Aye, I'm still ragin

    • @HLBear
      @HLBear Рік тому +1

      Edited the above - emailed the Duchy. 😁❤ I love your work. Thank you!

    • @cecircinn2908
      @cecircinn2908 Рік тому

      Heather,
      as we say in Scotland
      "It's not the principle ...it's the money " 🙂

  • @liliasgordon3565
    @liliasgordon3565 Рік тому

    Lesley Smith is she not the woman that appeared on "Most Haunted" doing "impressions" of Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Tommy Cooper - well maybe not Tommy Cooper but who could tell! 😆😆😆 Give oor Bruce back his 45 quid! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Lucius1958
    @Lucius1958 Рік тому +1

    Mary probably deserved better treatment than she got.
    As for the criminal (who shall not be named) to whom she is compared, I have no such reservations.

  • @jamyers1971
    @jamyers1971 Рік тому +2

    Tutbury Castle...history (dodgy English treachery) repeating itself.

  • @hotelsierra86
    @hotelsierra86 Рік тому +1

    Dacre of Dacres Border Horse and Henry Percy of Hotspur fame must have been powerful allies. Moral is never trust your cousin. Incidentally Dacres banner is the “Red Bull “. Invigorating.

  • @pjmoseley243
    @pjmoseley243 Рік тому +1

    they were terrible times Brucie, I'm glad I live in this day and age of reasonable freedom and so called truth.

    • @roddymcniven8734
      @roddymcniven8734 Рік тому +1

      What planet do you come from? Not earth that’s for sure Freedom and truth? You’re having a laugh

    • @pjmoseley243
      @pjmoseley243 Рік тому

      @@roddymcniven8734 not really, I;m just not an angry person anymore, I'm more accepting about life.

    • @roddymcniven8734
      @roddymcniven8734 Рік тому

      @@pjmoseley243 but they’re slowly but surely taking away our freedom of speech and movement by the day and we just have to accept it?

    • @pjmoseley243
      @pjmoseley243 Рік тому

      @@roddymcniven8734 Yes I agree but if I complain I am called a wacist as Jonathon Woss would say. I love all the old world gaggs I cant have a good laugh now.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому

      I don't see the connection you make between racism and freedom of speech.

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 Рік тому +3

    Great video, but it was awfully rude of those people to take your money and then refuse to let you film there. I hope you at least got your £45 back!

  • @steveng6788
    @steveng6788 Рік тому

    i love your wee vids fella. im a nationalist and have strong views on indy. I find your vids very informative and use some of the facts I've learned from you in my patter with the NAE lot. Thanks for the work you do its really appreciated. gona get you a coffee or 2. Done pal. Enjoy....Cheers. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +1

      Feel free, but that debate isn't about history as much as about the future

    • @steveng6788
      @steveng6788 Рік тому

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours absolutely agree but knowing your history helps to determine the future you want

  • @bevinboulder5039
    @bevinboulder5039 Рік тому

    Just had a thought . . . . did the Dukes of Norfolk run the coronations of English monarch is this period? ? ? ? Great video.

  • @harrybruijs2614
    @harrybruijs2614 Рік тому +1

    She wasn’t the smartest egg, wasn’t she. Just a pawn in a powerplay.

  • @carolynsaffoe8718
    @carolynsaffoe8718 Рік тому +1

    I think that Mary wasn’t very savvy in her decision making.

  • @susanmorgan8833
    @susanmorgan8833 Рік тому

    What about Mary's 3rd husband, Bothwell? Wasn't he still alive and in prison in Denmark (? I think it was Denmark) for many years?

  • @michellerhodes9910
    @michellerhodes9910 Рік тому +1

    Tut-tut Tutbury. From 'time-pleasers' and 'jobs worths', may the Lord deliver us. The situation with our Queen of Scots always intrigues me. She was not Elizabeth's subject. She was not English. Her offence (if she had committed one) was not against England. It raised a religious, moral, political question that never got properly answered i.e. who has the right to try a monarch. The question arose again many decades later when Charles I faced a venomous parliament of the people and knew he had had his chips. Would France really have received Mary, I doubt it. I think she had become the political hot potato with an hereditary right to rule in England and she had landed on an English plate. Poor Mary. She should have gone for the escape plan but we'll never know now if it was flawless or not.

  • @lewis666lewis
    @lewis666lewis Рік тому

    I'm sad you didn't mention Sheffield manor lodge and the "supposed" tunnel.

  • @melissamybubbles6139
    @melissamybubbles6139 Рік тому

    I'm sorry the castle was unfair. It was a good video anyway.

  • @Greeklings
    @Greeklings Рік тому

    "Mary Queen of Scots is waiting for me!" XD

  • @amp2amp800
    @amp2amp800 Рік тому +2

    We need an online payment equivalent of Scottish fivers. That generally shits them up and used to restore a bit of balance to the jock baiting game. Or maybe today's thrashing at Twickers is proportionate revenge for the outrage of humiliation at Tutters🤣.

  • @t.wcharles2171
    @t.wcharles2171 Рік тому

    Fun fact the Talbot Lord Shrewsbury's 4 times great grandson was one of the 'immortal seven' who invited William of Orange to Britain.

  • @therabbithole-sn5yb
    @therabbithole-sn5yb Рік тому +2

    Wow, isn't it funny how they made sure to swindle you out of you 45£ first tho! Those Bastards 🤣

  • @charlestaylor8566
    @charlestaylor8566 Рік тому

    A whole script for a movie there inc the flight from Scotland !

  • @lindaanderson279
    @lindaanderson279 Рік тому

    What the Hell ! That’s a dirty trick .🪓 off with her head .

  • @richardhallyburton
    @richardhallyburton Рік тому +1

    Nemo me impune lacessit!

  • @frankhancock2881
    @frankhancock2881 Рік тому

    I wonder how history may have changed if Mary had escaped her captivity

  • @kirkmorrison6131
    @kirkmorrison6131 Рік тому

    That was terrible the way you were treated

  • @judithparker4608
    @judithparker4608 Рік тому

    1752.......Gregorian Calendar 📅 December Introduced Georgia US......ref Jordon Maxwell and others.....From the Julian Calendar.

  • @ClarenceCochran-ne7du
    @ClarenceCochran-ne7du 8 місяців тому

    Probably not without a lot of help from confederates. Mary was very recognizable being quite a bit taller than the average woman of the era, and her monterage was a major liability. Large groups draw attention now, and they probably did then too.

  • @MrCrazysnoopy
    @MrCrazysnoopy Рік тому

    Just was you in the trailer the lost king sweet

  • @hotelsierra86
    @hotelsierra86 Рік тому

    That sheep at 1525 was riveted.

  • @user-sc69
    @user-sc69 Рік тому

    U can't even get in Lancaster Castle unless yer doin a bit of time 😉

  • @johnmurray2995
    @johnmurray2995 Рік тому +3

    I don't know what Lesley Smith's problem is, she's on youtube dressed up as Mary, Queen of Scots at Tutbury castle already (not going to link it). Suspect she decided she wanted a few bob and decided she wasn't going to allow it. Seems very unprofessional since you had in fact paid, and are in fact giving free publicity to the spots you film (you'd think more people seeing Tutbury Castle would be something of interest to the curator).

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому

      Aye, and I still haven't got my £45 quid back yet

    • @user-sc69
      @user-sc69 Рік тому

      They're scared Bruce brings a few hidden truths out

  • @Julianspillers
    @Julianspillers Рік тому

    Don`t take it personally, Bruce. From the sound of it they`d have been just as slippery and unpleasant to English people!

  • @igorscot4971
    @igorscot4971 Рік тому +1

    Nowadays, the English would be trying to deport Mary, Queen of Scots, to to Rwanda. LOL.

  • @brucemacaulay4331
    @brucemacaulay4331 Рік тому

    Hi, I have just tried to email you about a collaboration opportunity, but it has bounced back saying your mail box is full. It's about the Vikings in Scotland, and my name is Bruce too, so its legit!

  • @natashaa43
    @natashaa43 Рік тому

    oh dear Mary, men REALLY were her undoing weren't they?

  • @CrackedCandy
    @CrackedCandy Рік тому +1

    Get it in writing next time cousin!

    • @HLBear
      @HLBear Рік тому

      He paid online, so he's got the receipts! 😁

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому

      Aye I've also got the phone logs confirming the telephone exchange was made

  • @brucesmith8178
    @brucesmith8178 Рік тому

    Hello (way distant) cousin Bruce! I've stumbled across some of Mary Queen of Scots enciphered letters that have recently been decoded. I though you might want a peek at them, and could put them into context.
    ua-cam.com/video/YRrDr6WfY4Y/v-deo.html

  • @fishinthesticks8139
    @fishinthesticks8139 Рік тому

    Mary is relation, I'll have no visit there....

  • @zandernewson9933
    @zandernewson9933 Рік тому +1

    I’m sure it won’t get far, but I’ve actually put in a complaint to the castle. Seems totally wrong. Also can I add, I’m sorry your visit to England was so crap. Not all of us have such disregard to history.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому

      Hey Zander you can't blame the whole of England

    • @zandernewson9933
      @zandernewson9933 Рік тому

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours Oh I know and I wasn’t- I’m from England and I just meant it’s a damn shame the way they treated you.

  • @cyankirkpatrick5194
    @cyankirkpatrick5194 Рік тому +1

    Haste ye back.

  • @gav2759
    @gav2759 Рік тому +2

    If Mary had the presence of mind to take her camera with her?

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +2

      Aye

    • @CrackedCandy
      @CrackedCandy Рік тому

      Maybe explain this joke?

    • @gav2759
      @gav2759 Рік тому

      @@CrackedCandy Of course. As we saw, Bruce was shown the door, when they clocked the camera. It occured to me, that if Mary pocketed a Minnox (you see, you won't catch me out. I know they didn't have digital back then.) she could have produced it, at an opportune moment when security was watching. If we can say 16th century security guards were as prosaic as their modern counterparts, she'd have been on the street, in short order. I see no flaw in this cunning plan.

    • @DH.2016
      @DH.2016 Рік тому +1

      @@CrackedCandy ... then she wouldn't have been imprisoned because they would have turfed her out. 😄

  • @jamesswindley9599
    @jamesswindley9599 Рік тому

    Mary Queen of Scots was totally hated by the Scots 😅 She was famously Catholic, and most Scots then were Presbyterian. 😊

  • @heresjohnny2969
    @heresjohnny2969 Рік тому +1

    Should do a video on the Scottish gypsys , maybe the history or gypsy glen would love that fan of your channel and from the gypsy community

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Рік тому +2

      That has actually crossed my mind

    • @heresjohnny2969
      @heresjohnny2969 Рік тому

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours would mean a lot to everyone of us trust me we have been here for the last 500 years plus Romany gypsys settled here from India scottish highlands are rich with gypsy history