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Mary Stuart
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Sir Nicholas Bacon
Sir Nicholas Bacon 1509-79, English jurist. Called to the bar in 1533, he was made attorney of the court of wards and liveries in 1546 and, although a staunch Protestant, held this office through the reign of Mary I. On the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I, he was appointed lord keeper of the privy... Read more |
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Sir James Melville
Sir James Melville 1535-1617, Scottish diplomat. He was a page to Mary Queen of Scots in France and, after her return to Scotland, was employed as Mary's representative at the court of Elizabeth I of England. He later performed important diplomatic missions for James VI. His memoirs, written after... Read more |
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Fotheringhay
Fotheringhay , village, Northamptonshire, central England, on the Nene River. Fotheringhay Castle (12th cent.), now in ruins, was the birthplace of Richard III and the scene of the imprisonment and execution (1587) of Mary Queen of Scots.... Read more |
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John Leslie
John Leslie 1527-96, Scottish bishop, historian, and statesman. After studying in France, he returned (c.1554) to Scotland, where he opposed the Reformation. He became ecclesiastical adviser to Mary Queen of Scots and a member of her privy council and was appointed (1566) bishop of Ross. In 1569... Read more |
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Sir William Fitzwilliam
Sir William Fitzwilliam 1526-99, lord deputy of Ireland. He acquired (1547) land in Ireland by a grant of Edward VI. Although a Protestant, he was loyal to Queen Mary I, and she appointed him keeper of the great seal in Ireland (1555). Under Elizabeth I he was vice treasurer (1550-73) and several... Read more |
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James Stuart 1st earl of Murray
James Stuart Murray, 1st earl of , 1531?-1570, Scottish nobleman. An illegitimate son of James V by a daughter of the earl of Mar, he was, therefore, half brother of Mary Queen of Scots . Early a Protestant sympathizer, he joined the lords of the congregation in 1559 and was a leader of the... Read more |
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Lord Henry Stuart Darnley
Henry Stuart Darnley, Lord 1545-67, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots and father of James I of England (James VI of Scotland). His mother was Margaret Douglas, the daughter of Archibald Douglas, earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England; this made Darnley a candidate... Read more |
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Langside
Langside district of Glasgow, S central Scotland. At the battle of Langside (1568) the 1st earl of Murray defeated the forces of Mary Queen of Scots led by Archibald Campbell, 5th earl of Argyll. As a result, Mary fled to England.... Read more |
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treaty of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, treaty of, 1560. The treaty has been claimed as a turning-point in Anglo-Scottish relations. Elizabeth had succeeded in England in November 1558. Mary of Guise, regent for Mary, queen of Scots, faced great opposition in 1559 from the reform party, which begged Elizabeth to intervene on... Read more |
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Eros and Poetry at the Courts of Mary Queen of Scots and James VI.(Book Review)
Eros and Poetry at the Courts of Mary Queen of Scots and James VI. By Sarah M. Dunnigan. Basingstoke and...examines the erotic poetry written in the...these ... |