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JAMES II.
Scone, with its sacred stone, being so near Perth and the Highlands, was perilous, and the coronation of James II.

was therefore held at Holyrood (March 25, 1437).

The child, who was but seven years of age, was bandied to and fro like a shuttlecock between rival adventurers.

The Earl of Douglas (Archibald, fifth Earl, died 1439) took no leading part in the strife of factions: one of them led by Sir William Crichton, who held the important post of Commander of Edinburgh Castle; the other by Sir Alexander Livingstone of Callendar.
The great old Houses had been shaken by the severities of James I., at least for the time.