Linlithgow Palace
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The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are located in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in
The south face of Linlithgow Palace
St. Michael's Church and Linlithgow Palace from the Peel
North and west faces of Linlithgow Palace
Linlithgow Palace from Linlithgow Loch
Rockers (royal courts)
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Rockers were gentlewomen employed at royal courts and aristocratic households as attendants to infants, whose duties included rocking the cradle. In medieval England, a French term "berceresse" or "be
15th-century cradle said to have been a perquisite given to a rocker, Royal Collection.
James VI and I and his son Prince Henry were nursed in the Prince's Tower at Stirling Castle
The tomb of Sophia Stuart (died 1606) at Westminster Abbey was modelled as a cradle with a hood, draped with rich fabric.