Mary, Queen of Scots, held her Maundy Thursday or "Skyris Thurisday" ceremony at Falkland in March 1562. She washed the feet of 19 young women, and John Balfour bought new linen cloth for aprons and towels which she gave to the maidens. The number of young women matched her age.Thomas Dickson, Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. cccii: Accounts of the Treasurer, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1916), pp. xxxiii, 153. She came for Easter in April 1563 and 1564.Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 6, 51, 58-9. The queen's many visits to Falkland have been tracked in archival sources.Edward Furgol, 'Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8', PSAS, 117 (1987), microfiche, scanned
