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Spynie Palace, also known as Spynie Castle, was the fortified seat of the Bishops of Moray for about 500 years in Spynie, Moray, Scotland. The founding of the palace dates back to the late 12th century.
The customs from the port were granted to the Earl of Moray in 1566, but the town was already in decline - the value of rentals in Spynie had declined from £10 per year in 1565 to £5 per year in 1574. [13] The silting up of Loch Spynie removed Spynie's access to the sea, and by the end of the 17th century the town had disappeared. [13]
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Later it is recorded that three sons of Buchan were imprisoned in Stirling Castle from 1396 to 1402, perhaps the reason for Buchan's low profile during the later 1390s. [39] Buchan is again mentioned at Spynie Castle on 3 May 1398 being ordered to deliver it up to William, bishop of Moray by Robert III. [40]
Lord Spynie, after his marriage to Jean Lyon, took up residence at Aberdour Castle. [3] He hosted James VI and Anne of Denmark at Aberdour at the end of December 1590. [4] Lord Spynie was one of the new members of the privy council, chosen after the reconstitution of the council in June 1592.
Probably Spynie Castle John de Winchester (died 1460) was a 15th-century English cleric who distinguished himself as an administrator and bishop in Scotland . Winchester was a student of canon law from 1418, graduating with a bachelorate in 1421.
His father, John Home of Coldenknowes, died in 1573, his mother was Margaret Ker, a daughter of Andrew Ker of Castle. Before the death of his father, James Home was known as "James Home of Syndlaws" from an estate inherited from his mother near Roxburgh. His son sold Syndlaws to James Ker of Spynie in 1598. [1]
The current village, originally called New Duffus, is a grid plan village established as a planned settlement in 1811. [3] This replaced an earlier medieval settlement which lay 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) to the east, of which only the ruined Old Parish Church remains.