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Lesley, John, 1527-1596 (Bishop of Ross)

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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 Leslie (1527-1596), Bishop of Ross

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LES
Scope and Contents

Manuscript compilation abridged from an English translation of John Leslie's 'De origine moribus, et rebus gestis Scotorum' (1578). Written in secretary hand (16th c.?) possibly by more than one person.

Inscribed on the front inside cover - 'Tho. McCrie'. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1578
Found in: New College Library Special Collections