James VI (James I of England) - Second Floor

The Laird of Dalhousie in the time of James VI (of Scotland) seems to have been a favorite of the monarch, and his brother John Ramsay saved the life of James VI by killing Earl of Gowrie, who was plotting to kidnap the monarch. In 1600 John Ramsay was made the King's Page, and a Peerage conferred on the Laird. There are traditions in the countryside of Royal visits to the Castle in these reigns, in which a cloth of gold was laid down for the King to step upon from the Castle to the Bridge. Although in respect of the the cloth of gold we fancy tradition has been immoderately liberal!