BIB_ID
125107
Accession number
MA 288
Display Date
1586 Oct. 15 or later.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 28.8 cm
Notes
Followed by: "An offer of prouision of remedy for the qu[eenes] ma[jes]tyes surety against the perills alleaged though the scottish queene should lyue, w[i]th the consideration of the said perills, prouisions & of their insuffiences, whereby the vallors of the same may appeare, how farr forth they may be allowed or ought to be disallowed."
Following the conclusion of the hearing at Fotheringhay Castle, Mary was condemned for plotting political assassination.
Summaries mention Claude Nau and Gilbert Curle (Mary's secretaries, p. 2); Anthony Babington (p. 1); King Philip II of Spain (p. 2-3); Pope Sixtus V (pp. 2-3).
Following the conclusion of the hearing at Fotheringhay Castle, Mary was condemned for plotting political assassination.
Summaries mention Claude Nau and Gilbert Curle (Mary's secretaries, p. 2); Anthony Babington (p. 1); King Philip II of Spain (p. 2-3); Pope Sixtus V (pp. 2-3).
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Watermark: Page 3. Pot with base and lid.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1906.
Summary
Contemporary manuscript related to the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, held at Fotheringhay Castle on 14-15 October, summarizing Mary's answers to the accusations brought against her by the court, which have been copied out in numbered lists to form a summary of events on "Thurseday," "Friday," and "Saterday."
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