What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: Within these grounds stood the Carthusian Monastery founded by King James I of Scotland in 1429. It was the only house belonging to this order in Scotland. In the precincts of the monastery were buried the royal founder, his queen Joan Beaufort and Margaret Tudor queen of King James IV.
King James I of Scotland founded the Carthusian Monastery in 1429, and it served as a burial site for him, his queen Joan Beaufort, and Margaret Tudor, who was queen to King James IV and sister to Henry VIII of England.
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