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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 1542 - 1587

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mary, Queen of Scots. The declaration of the will of Marie, Quene of Scotland, 1566

 piece
Identifier: De.1.12/22
Scope and Contents

This paper consists of a closely written sheet of four pages, in a contemporary hand, and contains the instructions the Queen dictated when lying ill at Jedburgh, after the famous ride she took on horseback to visit the Earl of Bothwell at Hermitage Castle. It was likely transcribed by John Lesley, the Bishop of Ross.

Dates: 1566
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts from the William Drummond of Hawthornden Collection / Bound Volume titled "Scottish Manuscripts from The Drummond Collection 1572-1618"

Papers of John Love (1695-1750), schoolmaster, Dalkeith

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LOV 2
Scope and Contents

Manuscript copy of 'A vindication of Mr. George Buchanan in two parts' prepared for press by the author Rev John Love (1695-1750). Contains bookplate of Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1798-1868) and note on the flyleaf saying the manuscript was found with the papers of the late Dr. Hamilton of Aberdeen.

Dates: c.1745
Found in: New College Library Special Collections