James I and VI, 1566-1625 (King of England, Scotland and Ireland)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1566 - 1625

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Viscount Falkland, as Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1622 countersigned by J Holcroft

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1544

Scope and Contents

The letter is 1.5 pages folio, countersigned by 'J. Holcroft', and with address on the verso to Falkland, 'and to our Chancellor there now being, and to the Deputie chiefe Governor or Governors, Chauncellors or keeper of the greate Seale [...] Given under our signett at the Pallace of Westmr. the fifth day of december in the twentieth yeare of or. Raigne of England, Fraunce and Ireland, and of Scotland the six and fiftieth'.

Dates: 1622

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

University of Edinburgh Charter

Fonds — Box EUA GD4; EUA CA10

Identifier: EUA GD4

Scope and Contents The document is not strictly a charter of foundation. It confirmed and extended a previous charter signed by James's mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, on 13 March 1567, which had granted the Town of Edinburgh all the lands, buildings, and revenues formerly belonging to the monastic orders abolished during the Scottish Reformation of 1560. These were to be used for the support of the city's clergy and the poor. King James's charter ratified Mary's gift but also authorised the Town Council to...

Dates: 1582