Fotheringhay

[laughs] Yeah

When Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle on the 8th of February 1587, the executioners began removing her clothing after her death, sorting out her body.

Um, and her ladies, the executioner and her ladies.

What was discovered?

Yeah

And the reason I know that is because we went to visit, uh, the castle

We didn't go to Fotheringhay, but-

Well, we went, uh, we went to, we went to Sheffield

The building is ancient.

Parts of it are associated with the old Fotheringhay Castle.

And this is where the story of Mary Queen of Scots enters the picture.

Mary was imprisoned at Fotheringhay and on the 8th February 1587 she was executed there.

After the castle was later dismantled, parts of it were incorporated into buildings elsewhere.

The Talbot is traditionally said to contain the staircase from Fotheringhay.

Whether that staircase really was the one Mary used is debated, but the story has taken on a life of its own.

because people claim Mary followed it.