Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to James VI, King of Scotland [manuscript], ca. 1592/3 March.

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Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to James VI, King of Scotland [manuscript], ca. 1592/3 March.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299086096

Relates the Queen's concerns about a Jesuit plot, led by several Scottish Earls including Huntly, inviting Spain to invade Scotland and then to move south to England, as well as her concerns about the Protestant Earl of Bothwell.

1 leaf ; 31 x 20 cm.

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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

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Bothwell, Francis Stewart, Earl of, 1562-1612

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Burgh, Thomas Burgh, Baron, -1597

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Elizabeth Burgh married George Brooke in 1599. From the description of Copy of letter from Thomas Burgh, Baron Burgh, to Elizabeth Burgh, November 16, ca. 1595? [manuscript], ca. 1615. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 432689733 ...

Huntly, George Gordon, Marquess of, 1561 or 1562-1636

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