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The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots

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by Kate Williams


  ‘Bond of Association’, 295

  Book of Common Prayer, 70, 241

  Book of Hours, 37, 240, 260, 265, 343

  Borthwick, James, 192

  Borthwick Castle, 204–5

  Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney, 106

  Bothwell, Countess of, see Gordon, Jean, Countess of Bothwell

  Bothwell, Earl of, see Hepburn, James, 4th Earl of Bothwell

  Bothwell, Earl of, see Hepburn, Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell

  Bourgoing (Mary’s doctor), 311, 316, 322, 327, 329, 331–2, 335

  Brandon, Charles, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 68

  de Brantôme, Pierre, 8

  Brereton, William, 60

  Bruce, Marjorie, 7

  Brumehous Tower, Scotland, 27

  Bryan, Margaret, Baroness Bryan, 52, 53–4, 62–3, 65

  Buchanan, George, 170, 236–7, 239, 267, 273, 281, 287

  Buckhurst, Lord, see Sackville, Thomas, Lord Buckhurst

  Bull, Mr (executioner), 3–4, 325, 330–4, 335

  Buxton, Derbyshire, 280, 291

  Cadzow Castle, Scotland, 224

  Calais, France, 42, 46, 85, 119

  Campbell, Archibald, 4th Earl of Argyll, 22, 24, 38–9

  Campbell, Archibald, 5th Earl of Argyll, 90, 106, 109, 116, 141, 157, 159, 163, 191, 198, 223

  and Ainslie bond, 191

  and Darnley’s murder, 148–9, 152, 168–9, 180, 186, 206, 223–4

  and Hamilton bond, 226

  Campbell family, 20

  Carberry Hill, 205

  Carlisle Castle, 230, 233, 275

  Carmichael, Elizabeth, 33

  Carwood, Margaret, 177

  ‘casket letters’, 215–16, 223, 237–9, 241–2, 244–50, 254, 255–8, 272, 273, 287, 317

  Cassilis, Earl of, see Kennedy, Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Cassilis

  de Castlenau, Michel, 290

  Cateau-Cambrésis, Peace of (1559), 89, 91

  Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, 49–50, 56, 57–9, 65, 79, 86, 337

  Catholicism, 38, 39, 46–7, 80, 83, 87, 90, 149, 235, 270

  Cecil, Robert, 86, 339

  Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, 46–7, 75–6, 230, 343

  and Babington plot, 301, 302, 305–6

  and Bothwell, 186–9, 203, 204, 219–20

  and ‘casket letters’, 223, 245, 258

  and Darnley, 145–6, 150, 239–40, 248, 255

  and Dudley, 131, 134–5, 140, 142

  and Elizabeth’s succession, 125, 129, 137–8, 144

  and Mary, Queen of Scots, 97, 103, 114–16, 162, 169, 183, 212–13, 215–16, 230–2, 235–40, 251, 270, 271–2, 279, 291–2, 293, 296, 298

  and Mary’s execution, 325, 327, 332, 335–6

  and Mary’s trial, 308–9, 311–17, 318, 321

  and Ridolfi plot, 274–5, 276

  and Rizzio, 153

  becomes Lord Treasurer, 281

  Chapel of the Observant Friars, Greenwich, 51

  Chapuys, Eustace, 49, 51, 56, 58, 59–60, 62

  Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 339, 340, 341

  Charles II, Archduke of Austria, 55

  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, 8, 9–10, 40, 89

  Charles IX, King of France, 8, 40, 99–101, 150, 164, 186, 204, 209, 227, 278

  Charles of Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine, 92, 94

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 64, 80

  Charles, Archduke of Austria, 118

  Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, 39, 40, 42, 94, 265, 281

  de Chastelard, Pierre de Bocosel, 117

  Chartley Hall, Staffordshire, 297, 299, 303, 304–5, 307

  Chaseabout Raid (1565), 149–50, 152, 158, 159, 169

  Chatsworth, Derbyshire, 260, 263, 270, 272

  Chisholm, William, Bishop of Dunblane, 201

  Churchill, Winston, 341

  Claude, Duke of Guise, 14

  Claude, Princess of France, Duchess of Lorraine, 36, 40, 89, 103

  Claude, queen consort of France, 49

  Clere, Anne 52

  Cleutin, Henri, 39

  Clyst St Mary, Battle of (1549), 70

  constitutional monarchy, 5, 340–1, 342

  Courtenay, Edward, 1st Earl of Devon, 42, 79–80

  Coventry Castle, 268

  Craig, John, 198

  Craigmillar bond, 109, 168–9, 207, 208, 216, 221–2, 224, 239, 248, 253, 286

  Craigmillar Castle, Scotland, 27, 168, 173, 181, 186, 246–7

  Craik, Alison, 116

  Cranmer, Thomas, 83

  Crawford, Bessie, 188

  Crichton Castle, 202

  Cromwell, Thomas, 19, 54, 58–60, 62, 65, 173, 343

  Cumberland, Duke of, see Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

  Cumnor Place, Berkshire, 131–3

  Curle, Elizabeth, 281, 311, 332–3, 335

  Curle, Gilbert, 281, 298–9, 304, 306, 316

  Curwen, Sir Henry, 229

  Dalgleish, George, 215–16, 223, 239, 257

  Darnley, Lord, see Stewart, Henry, Lord Darnley

  Davison, William, 323–4, 325, 335–6

  Dee, Dr John, 120, 283

  Denny, Sir Anthony, 73, 74

  Derby, Earl of, see Stanley, Henry, 4th Earl of Derby

  Desmond Rebellion (1569), 13

  Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, 297

  Devon, Earl of, see Courtenay, Edward, 1st Earl of Devon

  Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias, 101–2, 118, 136

  Don John of Austria, 276–7, 284

  Donnington Castle, 82

  Douglas, Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus, 28, 286–7, 288–9

  Douglas, George, 171, 224–5, 240

  Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton, 39, 109, 186, 190

  and Ainslie bond, 191

  and Bothwell, 197, 205–7

  and ‘casket letters’, 239, 242, 256

  and Darnley’s murder, 168, 170, 207, 233, 286–7

  and Rizzio conspiracy, 152–3, 159–61, 171

  as regent, 277, 286

  execution, 287

  role in Mary’s abdication, 208–10, 215–16, 218

  Douglas, Margaret, Countess of Lennox, 101, 146, 148, 222, 294

  Douglas, Sir William, 213, 224

  Douglas, Willie (Mary’s page), 224–5, 240, 267

  Douglas family, 109, 152, 155, 179

  Dragsholm Castle, Denmark, 280–1, 284

  Drake, Sir Francis, 284, 338

  Drury, Sir Drue, 327

  Drury, William, 176, 222, 239

  Du Croc, Philibert, 165, 170–1, 199, 201, 203, 206, 209

  Dudley, Guildford, 76, 77

  Dudley, John, 1st Duke of Northumberland, 75–8

  Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, 77, 79, 81, 113, 153, 243, 265, 266, 280, 294

  and Elizabeth I, 47–8, 120, 128–31, 134, 144, 292, 300, 337

  and Mary, Queen of Scots, 139–42, 144, 268, 282, 294

  death of wife, 132–6

  Dumbarton, Scotland, 30, 32, 33

  Dumbarton Castle, 116, 227

  Dunbar Castle, 27, 192, 193–6, 205

  Dunkeld Castle, Scotland, 27

  Durham House, London, 76, 77

  Dymocke, Sir Edward, 123–4

  Edinburgh, Scotland, 27, 91, 92, 111, 204

  Edinburgh Castle, 27, 28, 92, 94, 95, 116, 149, 162, 163, 203, 215, 216, 239, 278, 286

  Edinburgh, Treaty of (1560), 99–100, 105, 107, 113, 172, 241

  Edward I, King of England, 18

  Edward VI, King of England, 24, 26, 29, 38, 39, 44–5, 47, 69–70, 74–7

  accession, 69

  birth, 64

  death, 76–7

  Eglinton, Earl of, see Montgomerie, Hugh, 3rd Earl of Eglinton

  Eleanor of Austria, 29–30

  Elisabeth of Valois, 36, 38, 40, 89, 91, 93, 100, 101–2, 125, 337

  Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 5, 24, 31, 42, 44–6, 90, 341–4

  1533: birth, 50–1; christening, 51

  1536: aftermath o
f mother’s death, 62–4

  1547: death of Henry VIII; sent to live with Katherine Parr, 69–72

  1548: sent to live with Sir Anthony Denny, 73; interrogated about Thomas Seymour, 74–5

  1553: death of brother, 76–7; moves to Somerset House, 79

  1554: Wyatt Rebellion, 80–1; imprisoned in the Tower, 81–3; sent to Woodstock Palace, 83

  1555: recalled to court, 83–4; moves back to Hatfield, 84

  1556: implicated in plot, 85

  1558: death of Mary I, 85–6; funeral of Mary I, 119; accession, 44–7, 86

  1559: coronation, 119–24

  1560: Treaty of Berwick, 94; Treaty of Edinburgh, 96–7, 102, 103–4, 110, 111; death of Francis II, 100

  1561: Mary requests meeting, 112, 113–14

  1562: meeting with Mary postponed, 114–15; catches smallpox, 115; Act of Exclusion, 115

  1563: lays down terms of Mary’s marriage, 137–41

  1565: reaction to Mary and Darnley’s marriage, 148–9; Chaseabout Raid, 149–50

  1566: learns of Rizzio conspiracy, 160–1; reaction to birth of James, 164; christening of James, 170

  1567: writes to Mary about Darnley’s murder, 180–1; writes to Mary to delay trial, 189–90; writes to Mary about marriage to Bothwell, 203–4; writes in support of Mary, 212; reaction to Mary’s trial, 213; learns of Mary’s abdication and threatens war, 218–20; refuses to recognise Moray as regent, 221

  1568: refuses to send Mary back to Scotland, 231, 234; orders inquiry into Mary’s conduct in Darnley murder, 234–7; court of inquiry instigated, 237–8; promises to restore Mary to the throne, 241; Darnley’s murder inquiry, 244–50; inquiry moved to London, 252–4; and ‘casket letters’, 256, 258–9; suspends inquiry, 258, 259–60

  1569: imprisons Norfolk, 266; crushes Northern Rebellion, 267–8

  1570: excommunicated, 268

  1571: Ridolfi plot discovered, 272–3

  1572: signs Norfolk’s death warrant, 273; refuses to allow Mary to stand trial, 276–7

  1573: Edinburgh Castle falls to Protestant lords, 278

  1574: learns of Dudley’s affairs 282

  1583: Throckmorton executed, 290

  1584: ‘Bond of Association’ created, 294–5

  1585: ‘Act for the Queen’s safety’ passed, 295; offers to recognise James as her heir, 295–6

  1586: Babington plot discovered, 300–3; Mary arrested, 303, 304–5; Babington conspirators executed, 306; Mary put on trial, 307–17; refuses to execute Mary, 318–19; told of Stafford plot, 321; requests Mary’s assassination, 322–3

  1587: signs Mary’s death warrant, 323–5; tries to delay affixing of the seal, 325; learns of Mary’s execution, 335–6; Tilbury speech, 338; defeats Spanish Armada, 338–9

  1603: death 339

  appearance and character, 45, 48–9, 54, 128

  childhood, 51–2, 53–5, 58–9, 63

  clothing and jewels, 121, 123

  education, 64–6, 75

  ill health, 73, 81–2, 115, 278, 284

  marriage prospects, 24, 55, 64, 73–4, 79–80, 97, 124–7, 130–1, 275, 284

  relationship with Anne Boleyn, 51–2, 53, 55, 58, 63, 119, 121

  relationship with Henry VIII, 53–4, 58, 63–4

  relationship with James I and VI, 295–6

  relationship with Mary I, 45–6, 54–5, 79–83, 119

  relationship with Mary, Queen of Scots, 48, 93, 96, 111–12, 114–16, 137–41, 164, 167–8, 181–2, 228, 230–1, 234, 241, 250, 251–2, 260–2, 276–7, 305, 325–6

  relationship with Robert Dudley, 47, 129–32, 134, 139, 144, 291, 292, 294

  relationship with Thomas Seymour, 72–5

  religion, 115, 122–4

  succession, 113–17, 137–8, 145, 167, 289

  Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 5, 126, 340–1, 342

  Elkes, Thomas, 284

  Elphinstone, Euphemia, 33

  Eltham Palace, London, 54

  English Constitution, The (Bagehot), 342

  Eric, Prince of Sweden, 129

  Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 126

  Erskine, John, Earl of Mar, 33, 34, 192, 197, 198, 210, 270, 277

  Erskine, Margaret, 33, 102

  Essex, Earl of, see Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex

  Eure, Sir Ralph, 28

  Eure, Sir William, 27, 28

  Fairie Queene, The (Spenser), 194

  Falkland Palace, Scotland, 15, 17, 22

  Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 118, 129–30, 136

  Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, 42

  Field of the Cloth of Gold, 13, 114

  First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women (Knox), 89–90, 110

  FitzAlan, Henry, 19th Earl of Arundel, 47, 128, 130, 265

  Fleming, Agnes, Lady Livingston, 267

  Fleming, John, 5th Lord Fleming, 230

  Fleming, Lady, see Stewart, Janet, Lady Fleming

  Fleming, Mary, 33–4, 35, 38, 107–8, 117, 144, 163, 171, 190, 204, 208, 242, 278

  Fletcher, Richard, Dean of Peterborough, 320, 328, 332–4, 337

  Flodden, Battle of (1513), 25

  Fontainebleau Palace, France, 10

  Forster, Sir Anthony, 131

  Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, 306, 307, 319, 321, 324, 325, 326, 328, 334, 340

  Francis I, King of France, 14, 29, 55, 114

  Francis II, King of France, 87–8, 91–4, 96–7, 130

  as dauphin, 36, 40

  coronation, 92, 101

  death, 98–9, 100

  marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots, 7–13, 39, 41, 42–3

  Francis III, Duke of Brittany, 29–30

  Francis, Duke of Anjou, 40, 284, 290, 292

  Francis, Duke of Guise, 8, 114, 143, 290, 298

  François III d’Orléans, Duke of Longueville, 14, 35, 37

  Fraser, Antonia, 286

  Frederick II, King of Denmark, 237, 270, 271, 281

  ‘French Paris’ see Hubert, Nicholas

  Gabriel, Comte de Montgomery, 91

  Gifford, Gilbert, 297–301, 302, 343

  Glasgow, 171–2

  Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Huntly, 22, 24, 26, 37, 109, 116–17, 151

  Gordon, George, 5th Earl of Huntly, 109, 116, 156, 158–9, 163, 188, 200, 206, 269

  and Ainslie tavern bond, 191–2

  and Darnley’s murder, 168–9, 180, 186, 223

  Gordon, Jean, Countess of Bothwell, 33, 151, 183–4, 188, 202, 270

  Gordon, Sir John, 117

  Gordon family, 20, 21

  Grange, Kirkaldy, 192

  Gray, Francis, 288

  Greenwich Palace, 50, 58, 60, 61, 62, 323

  Greenwich, Treaty of, 24, 26

  Grey, Henry, 6th Earl of Kent, 326, 327–8, 331, 333

  Grey, Lady Jane, 44, 71, 76–7, 81, 82

  Grey, Lady Katherine, 112–14, 280, 291

  Grey, Lady Mary, 112–13

  Grindal, Edmund, Archbishop of York, 122–3

  Grindal, William, 66, 73

  Guise family, 14–15, 30, 36, 39–42, 48, 49, 88–9, 92–4, 96, 98, 100, 103, 115, 118, 137, 139, 231, 265, 277, 281

  Guy, John, 246

  Haddington, Scotland, 27, 30, 32

  Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee, James, 269

  Hamilton of Finnart, Sir James, 16, 17, 22

  Hamilton, Anne, Countess of Huntly, 162

  Hamilton, James, 1st Earl of Arran, 23–4

  Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran, 22, 109, 116, 139, 144, 146, 149, 168, 173, 227

  as regent, 23–5, 26–8, 30–1, 32, 33, 37–9

  leads Lords of the Congregation, 93–4

  resigns as regent, 38

  Hamilton, James, 3rd Earl of Arran, 24, 97, 116–18, 130, 138–9

  Hamilton, John, Archbishop of St Andrews, 38–9

  ‘Hamilton bond’, 226

  Hamilton family, 12, 20, 22, 23–4, 173, 224

  Harding, Thomas, 283–4<
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  Hastings, Henry, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 266–8

  Hatfield Palace, Hertfordshire, 46–7, 52, 53, 54, 84–5

  Hatton, Sir Christopher, 292, 309, 311, 325

  Hay, John, 223

  Henry I, Duke of Guise, 139

  Henry II, King of France, 29–32, 33–4, 36–9, 42, 125

  and Mary, Queen of Scots, 8, 11–13, 31–2, 34, 42–3, 87–9

  death, 91–2

  Henry III, King of France, 40, 278, 281, 329–30

  Henry VI, King of England, 18

  Henry VII, King of England, 13

  Henry VIII, King of England, 13, 15, 18, 21, 67–8, 114, 173, 343

  ‘Rough Wooing’, 26

  and Scotland, 16–17, 20–5, 26–8

  death, 28–9, 69

  relationship with Anne Boleyn, 49–51, 56–60, 61–2

  relationship with Anne of Cleves, 65–6

  relationship with Catherine Howard, 65–6

  relationship with Catherine of Aragon, 49, 56, 59, 79

  relationship with Elizabeth, 53–4, 58, 63–4

  relationship with Jane Seymour, 56–7, 61–4

  relationship with Katherine Parr, 66

  relationship with Mary I, 54, 63

  relationship with Mary, Queen of Scots, 24–5, 26, 68

  relationship with the Earl of Arran, 24

  Henry, Duke of Guise, 329

  Henry, King of Navarre, 277

  Hepburn, John, 179, 190, 223–4

  Hepburn, Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, 24, 28

  Hepburn, James, 4th Earl of Bothwell, 97–8, 109, 111, 116–18, 151, 156, 158–60, 162, 168–9, 188 Ainslie tavern bond, 190–1

  and casket letters, 215–16, 244–8

  and Darnley’s murder inquiry, 249, 252

  and Darnley’s murder, 172–4, 175, 178–80, 181, 182–4, 186–90, 215–16

  and Mary, Queen of Scots, 97–8, 106, 116–17, 130, 166–7, 172, 184–5, 187–92, 193–9, 200–7, 208–10, 236, 237

  death, 284

  divorce from Mary, 249, 265, 270–1, 277

  imprisonment in Denmark, 270, 280–1

  kidnap and rape of Mary, 192–9

  Herbert, William, 1st Earl of Pembroke, 47

  Herries, Lord, see Maxwell, John, 4th Baron Herries

  Hertford, Earl of (1500–52), see Seymour, Edward, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp

  Hertford, Earl of (1539–1621), see Seymour, Edward, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp

  Hilton, Lisa, 86

  Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, 15, 21

  Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, 106, 107, 111, 142–3, 154, 158, 159

  Holyroodhouse, see Holyrood Palace

  Home, Elizabeth, 23

  Horne, Robert, Bishop of Winchester, 268

  Howard, Agnes, Duchess of Norfolk, 51, 66

  Howard, Catherine, Queen of England, 21, 60, 65–6, 72, 129, 195

 

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