Letter signed from James I, King of England, Hampton, to William Keith, Earl Marischal of Scotland [manuscript], 3 October 1604.

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Letter signed from James I, King of England, Hampton, to William Keith, Earl Marischal of Scotland [manuscript], 3 October 1604.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/645506959

Refuses to accept Keith's excuses for absence from the impending discussion about a union of England and Scotland.

2 leaves ; 31 x 20 cm.

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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 ...

Marischal, William Keith, Earl, approximately 1585-1635

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