Whithorn Priory and Musuem - Timeline 1300 to 1599

Whithorn's timeline between 1300 and 1599


Date	Events at Whithorn	Date	Events in Scotland
1301	The future Edward II of England visits Saint Ninian’s shrine at Whithorn Cathedral.	1297	The Scots defeat an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
		1314	Robert I (the Bruce) defeats Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn.
1328	The dying Robert I visits Saint Ninian’s shrine hoping for a cure for an unknown disease.
1357	David II visits Saint Ninian’s shrine and is healed of an arrow wound.	1350–1360	The Black Death sweeps through Scotland.
1427	James I gives English pilgrims safe passage to Whithorn.
1462	James III gives money for repairs at Whithorn Cathedral.
1497 – 1513	James IV visits Saint Ninian’s shrine many times as a pilgrim. Whithorn Cathedral is extended and a new chapel built for Ninian’s shrine.	1513	James IV dies fighting the English at the Battle of Flodden.
1533	James V visits Whithorn Cathedral.
		1542	James V dies. His six-day-old daughter Mary becomes queen.
1560	Ninian’s relics are taken to France and the priory is disbanded.	1560	Reformation in Scotland. Scotland’s Parliament adopts Protestantism and abolishes Catholicism.
1563	Mary Queen of Scots visits Whithorn Cathedral.
		1587	Mary is executed in England on the orders of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth.
1591	The Scots Parliament bans pilgrimage, ending a 1,000-year-old tradition.