Report to the Privy Council on the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1586 [i.e. 1587] Feb. 8.

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Report to the Privy Council on the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1586 [i.e. 1587] Feb. 8.

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Contemporary copy of a report, dated Feb. 8, 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle, by Robert Beale, clerk of the Privy Council, commissioned by the Lord High Treasurer, William Cecil Lord Burghley, on behalf of the Council to witness and report the execution by beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots.

[8] p. ; 31 cm.

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