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3 days ago · Mary, Queen of Scots spent almost 20 years in captivity. She was held in various locations across Britain from 1568 until her execution on February 8 1587.
Feb 8, 2015 · This primary source account of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots is from Original letters, illustrative of English history; with notes and illustrations, Second Series, Volume III, ed. Henry Ellis (p113-118). Ellis notes that "the present narrative is from the Lansdowne MS. 51. art. 46. It is indorsed in Lord Burghley's hand, "8 Feb. 1586. The Manner of the Q. of Scotts death at Fodrynghay ...
The original letter is held in the archive of the Marquess of Bute, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute (HM/3/1). Letter from Robert Wynkfeilde to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, on the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 8th of February, 1587.
Feb 8, 2012 · Sir Robert Wingfield of Upton witnessed Mary’s execution and recorded the events three days later. Once Mary’s eyes had been covered, her ladies left the stage ‘and she kneeling down upon the cushion most resolutely, and without any token or fear of death, she spake aloud this Psalm in Latin, In Te Domine confido, non confundar in eternam , etc.
Born at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian on 8 December 1542, Mary became Queen of Scots when she was six days old. Her claims to the throne of England were almost as strong as her claims to the Scottish throne. As Henry VII of England's great-granddaughter, Mary was next in line to the English throne, after Henry VIII's children.
In April England, France and Spain signed the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, bringing peace to most of Europe. Henri II was fatally wounded during a jousting tournament in June 1559, held as part of the peace celebrations. François became King, making Mary Queen Consort of France.
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Robert Beale, born in 1541, was the eldest son of a London mercer, Robert Beale (died c. 1548), and Amy Morison, thought to have been a daughter of Sir Richard Morison. [1] He was educated at Coventry , likely at the school set up there by John Hales , with whom he was closely associated, [ 2 ] and whose brother, Stephen Hales (d. 1574), was married to Sir Richard Morison's sister, also named ...
