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Letters of various correspondents mostly addressed to Mary of Lorraine., 1538-1567, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.1

Scope and Contents

Unless otherwise stated the letters are in French.

Articles, 1538, of the marriage contract between Mary of Lorraine and James V (folio 1).

- Teulet, volume 1, page 131, includes a version of the articles printed from a manuscript in the Archives Nationales.

Four letters, undated, of James V (folio 4).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, pages 179-181;

- ‘Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland’, volume iii, page 16 (folio 4 only).

Contemporary copy of a charge, 1543/1544, by Henry VIII to the Council of Scotland demanding the return of prisoners released on parole; in English (folio 8).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, page 88.

Fourteen letters. [?1552], 1554-1557, of Mary, Queen of Scots (folio 10).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, pages 25-38;

- ‘Lettres, instructions et mémoires de Marie Stuart’, volume i, pages 5-8, 16-19, 23-32, 37-45.

Copy of a letter, [1567], of Mary, Queen of Scots to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (folio 32).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, page 41;

- ‘Lettres, instructions et mémoires de Marie Stuart’, volume ii, page 60.

Memoir, [?1541], of Mary of Lorraine concerning pilgrimages to be made in the event of her death (folio 33).

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 4). Page 78: for ‘Vol. i. 38’ read ‘Vol. i. [39]’.

Letter, Oslo, 20 March 1561/1562, of the burgomasters of Oslo to Mary, Queen of Scots, on behalf of a merchant, Nils Jute; in Swedish (folio 35).

Request, [1550], to Henri II, King of France (folio 37).

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 7), page 67.

Thirty-five letters, circa 1543-1555, of Henri II (folio 39).

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 4). Page 140: for ‘Vol. i. 31’ read ‘Vol. i. [47]’; page 156: for ‘Vol. i. 37’ read ‘Vol. i. [54]’;

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 7);

- ‘Miscellany of the Maitland Club’, volume i, pages 212-237.

Letter, 1549, of Henri II to Admiral Nicolas Villegaignon (folio 79).

- ‘Miscellany of the Maitland Club’, volume i, page 222.

Unsigned letter, 1554, of David Paniter, Bishop of Ross (folio 80).

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 7), page 245.

Four letters, [?1551], and undated, of Catherine de’ Medici (folio 82).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, pages 181-185;

- ‘Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland’, volume iii, page 31 (folio 84 only).

Three letters, undated, of Marguerite de France, Duchess of Savoy (folio 86).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, pages 39-40;

- ‘Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland’, volume iii, page 32 (folio 87 only).

Two letters, [?1550], 1553, of Jeanne d`Albret, Queen of Navarre (folio 90).

- ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st series, pages 185-187.

Letter, [circa 1540], of Philippa of Gueldres, Queen of Sicily (folio 92)

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 4).

Three letters, [?1554-1555], of Jeanne de Savoie, later Comtesse de Vaudémont (folio 93)

- ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 7). Page 241: insert ‘Vol. i. 97’).

Dates

  • Creation: 1538-1567, and undated.

Language of Materials

French, Middle (circa 1300-1600) ; English; Swedish

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (vi + 95 folios.)

Bibliography

‘Analecta Scotica’, edited by James Maidment. 1st and 2nd series (Edinburgh, 1834, 1837).
‘Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland’, selected under the direction of ... Sir William Gibson Craig. 3 volumes (Southampton, 1867-1872).
‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’, edited by Marguerite Wood. Scottish History Society, 3rd Series, volumes 4 and 7 (Edinburgh, 1923, 1925).
‘Lettres, instructions et mémoires de Marie Stuart’, edited by Alexandre Labanoff. 7 volumes (London, 1844).
‘Miscellany of the Maitland Club’, volume i, edited by Alexander Macdonald and James Dennistoun. Maitland Club, volume 23 (Edinburgh, 1833-1834).
Teulet, Alexandre. ‘Papiers d`Etat ... relatifs à l`histoire de l’Ecosse’. 3 volumes. Bannatyne Club, number 107 (Paris, 1852-1860).

Repository Details

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