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The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots

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by Kate Williams


  Howard, Jane, 265

  Howard, Margaret, Lady Scrope, 240, 243

  Howard, Thomas, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 59, 60

  Howard, Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk, 94, 128, 242

  and Darnley’s murder inquiry, 242–3, 244, 248–50

  arrest and execution, 272–3, 325

  imprisonment, 266

  relationship with Mary, 242–3, 267–8

  release from prison, 270

  Hubert, Nicholas, 174, 257, 266

  Huguenots, 94, 114, 236, 277

  Hunsdon House, Hertfordshire, 62

  Huntingdon, Earl of, see Hastings, Henry, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

  Huntly, Earl of (1514–62), see Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Huntly

  Huntly, Earl of (1534–76), see Gordon, George, 5th Earl of Huntly

  Inchmahome, prior of, 33, 37

  Inverness Castle, 117

  Ireland, 12–13

  Isabella of Castile, 65

  Islington, 283–4

  Ivan VI, Tsar of Russia 18

  James I and VI, King of England and Scotland, 21, 167, 168, 192, 197, 204, 209, 212, 231, 246, 252–3, 267, 270, 340, 341

  and death of mother, 336

  and Elizabeth I, 295–6, 336

  as King of Scotland, 282–3, 287–8, 319

  becomes King of England, 339–40

  birth, 163–4

  christening, 170–1

  coronation, 218

  kidnapped by the lords, 288

  regents, 141, 166, 168, 169, 218, 221, 226, 241, 259, 269–70

  relationship with mother, 282–3, 288, 295, 306, 319

  James II, King of Scotland, 22

  James III, King of Scotland, 22

  James IV, King of Scotland, 68, 107

  James V, King of Scotland, 7, 20, 21–2, 33, 34, 107, 109, 111

  and Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, 16

  death, 18

  funeral, 21–2

  marriage to Mary of Guise, 14–17

  James, Duke of Rothesay, 15–16

  Jedbergh, Scotland, 166

  John I, King of France, 18

  Julian of Norwich, 19

  Keith, Lady Agnes, 115, 212, 214, 221, 269, 282

  Kenilworth Palace, 282

  Kennedy, Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 38

  Kennedy, Jane, 267, 311, 329, 330–3, 335

  Kent, Earl of, see Grey, Henry, 6th Earl of Kent

  Ker, Andrew, 155, 159–60, 164, 166, 171–2, 195

  Kildare family, Ireland, 12

  Killigrew, Henry, 164, 186

  Kirk o’Field, Scotland, 173–4, 175–6

  Kirkcaldy of Grange, William, 22, 226–7, 278

  Knightley, Sir Richard, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 331, 332, 334

  Knollys, Lettice, 282, 294

  Knollys, Sir Francis, 47, 233–4, 240–1, 249, 260–1

  Knox, John, 38–9, 89–92, 94, 103, 109, 110, 115–16, 118, 135–6, 137, 138, 144, 146, 160, 198, 213, 313

  Lamb, William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 341

  Lamentations of a Sinner, The (Parr), 19

  Langside, Battle of (1568), 226–7

  Latimer, Baron, see Neville, John, 3rd Baron Latimer

  Leicester, Earl of, see Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester

  Leith, Scotland, 27, 32, 90, 93–5, 106, 110

  Lennox, Countess of, see Douglas, Margaret, Countess of Lennox

  Lennox, Duke of (1542–83), see Stewart, Esmé, 1st Duke of Lennox

  Lennox, Earl of (1516–71), see Stewart, Matthew, 4th Earl of Lennox

  Lennox, Matthew, 92

  Lennox family, 171

  Leslie, John, Bishop of Ross, 102, 163, 201, 235, 254–5, 257–9, 265, 271, 272, 275, 281

  Lindsay, Patrick, 6th Lord Lindsay, 152, 156, 206, 210, 213, 218, 222, 239

  Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, 17, 20, 23, 24, 189, 192

  Livingston, Alexander, 5th Lord Livingston, 33, 34

  Livingston, Lady, see Fleming, Agnes, Lady Livingston

  Livingston, Mary, 33–4, 108–9, 144, 210

  Livingstone, William, 6th Lord Livingston, 267

  Lochleven Castle, 210–11, 213–14, 217, 218, 224, 226, 238, 239, 240, 248, 257, 269, 297

  Lords of the Congregation, 93–5, 97

  Lorraine, Cardinal of, see Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine

  Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, 94, 96, 105

  Louis II d’Orléans, Duke of Longueville, 15

  Louis XVI, King of France, 341

  Louis, Prince of France, 40

  Louise of Savoy, 29–30

  Louvre, Palais du, Paris, 9–10

  Lowther, Richard, 230

  Madeleine of Valois, 14, 15, 21

  Maitland of Lethington, William, 93, 109, 178, 189–90, 192, 208, 209, 220

  and Bothwell, 200, 204

  and ‘casket letters’, 216, 248, 256

  and Darnley’s murder, 167–9, 180–1, 186, 206, 208–9, 223, 233–4

  and Mary Fleming, 144, 171

  and Norfolk, 242–3

  as ambassador to Elizabeth I, 109, 112, 139, 145–6

  Mar, Countess of, see Murray, Annabella, Countess of Mar

  Mar, Earl of, see Erskine, John, Earl of Mar

  Margaret of Austria, 29

  Margaret of France, Duchess of Savoy, 91

  Mary of Guise, 12, 19, 20, 21, 30–1, 33–5, 37–9, 40, 41, 42, 75, 85, 89–90, 93–5, 97–8, 106, 109–10, 141, 228–9

  and Henry VIII, 24, 26

  and the Earl of Arran, 23–5, 27–8

  as regent, 10, 38–9, 88, 94, 109, 111

  death, 95, 96, 100

  gives birth to Mary, 17

  marriage to James V, 14–17

  treaty with Scottish lords, 87, 89, 92–3

  visits Mary in France, 37–8

  Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, 17–18

  Margaret of Valois, 40, 102

  Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots, 68, 101, 107

  Margaret, Maid of Norway, 17–18

  Maria, Princess of Portugal, 101

  Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 341

  Marlowe, Christopher, 303

  Mary I, Queen of England, 12–13, 38, 42, 50, 54–8, 75–8, 79–83, 297

  1535: death of mother, 57–8

  1553: death of brother, 77; accession, 44–5, 78; coronation, 79

  1554: Wyatt Rebellion, 80–1; marriage to Philip II, 45–6, 80, 82, 83; phantom pregnancy, 83, 84

  1558: death, 44, 46, 85–6, 87; funeral, 119

  and Catholicism, 75, 80, 83

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

  relationship with Henry VIII, 54–5, 63

  Mary, Queen of Scots, 5–6, 67–8, 76–8, 340–4

  1542: birth, 17–18; death of James V, 18; accession, 7; coronation, 25

  1543: betrothal to Edward VI, 24–5, 26

  1548: sent to France, 30–1, 32–5

  1558: signs secret documents for Henry II, 11–12; marriage to Francis II, 8–11, 42–3, 89; declared Queen of England and Ireland, 85–8

  1559: death of Henry II, 91; becomes Queen of France, 92–3; Lords of the Congregation uprising, 93–5

  1560: death of mother, 96; Treaty of Edinburgh, 96–7, 102, 103–4; death of Francis II, 98–100; loses position of Queen of France, 101–4

  1561: returns to Scotland, 105–9; requests meeting with Elizabeth, 112

  1562: meeting with Elizabeth postponed, 114–15; Hamilton and Bothwell plot, 116–18; Chastelard incident, 117

  1563: Elizabeth lays down terms of Mary’s marriage, 137–42

  1564: employs David Rizzio as secretary, 143

  1565: meets and marries Lord Darnley, 143–7, 148–9; Chaseabout Raid, 149; falls pregnant, 150

  1566: murder of Rizzio, 154–6; kept prisoner in Edinburgh, 156–8, escapes to Dunbar, 159; returns to Edinburgh, 159; gives birth to James, 163–5; christening, 170–1; forgives Rizzio conspirators, 171

  1567: learns of Darnley’s plot, 172; m
urder of Darnley, 173–4, 175–85; rumours of affair with Bothwell and involvement in Darnley’s murder, 185, 186–9; sham trial of Bothwell, 189–90; refuses Bothwell’s proposal, 191–2; kidnap and rape by Bothwell, 193–9; marries Bothwell, 198–9, 200–1; falls pregnant, 202; flees to Borthwick Castle, 204–5; rides to Carberry Hill with Bothwell, 205–6; taken prisoner, 207, 208–10; imprisoned in Lochleven Castle, 211–15; discovery of ‘casket letters’, 216, 217, 223; miscarries, 217–18; forced to abdicate, 218–19; agrees to Moray’s regency, 221; accused of Darnley’s murder, 222–3

  1568: escapes from Lochleven, 223–5; raises army against Moray, 226; loses Battle of Langside, 226–7; flees to England, 227–30; asks Elizabeth for help, 227–9; held in Carlisle Castle, 230; accused of Darnley’s murder, 236–7; writes to Elizabeth again, 238–9; moved to Bolton Castle, 240–1; agrees to Elizabeth’s terms for her restoration, 241–2; Darnley’s murder inquiry in York, 242–3, 244–50; begins divorce from Bothwell, 249; Duke of Norfolk proposes, 251; Moray accuses Mary of murder, 252; inquiry convenes in London, 252–4

  1569: moved to Tutbury Castle, 260–3; moved to Sheffield Castle, 263–7; Northern Rebellion, 267–8; moved to Coventry, 268

  1570: assassination of Moray, 269; visit from Cecil, 271–2

  1571: Ridolfi plot discovered, 272–3

  1572: trial and execution of Norfolk, 273; Elizabeth refuses to condemn Mary, 276–7; plan for Mary to marry Don John of Austria, 276; St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 277

  1573: Edinburgh Castle falls to Protestant lords, 278; falls ill, 278–90; visits Buxton spa, 280; Nau appointed as secretary, 281

  1574: health declines, 281–2

  1575: forbidden to communicate with son, 282–3

  1578: death of Bothwell, 284

  1581: Morton executed, 287

  1582: death of Don John, 284; health further declines, 286

  1584: accused of relationship with Talbot, 291; moved back to Tutbury, 292–3; ‘Bond of Association’ created, 294–5

  1585: ‘Act for the Queen’s safety’ passed, 295; James informs her that she will never be queen again, 295; moved to Chartley Hall, 297; Mary’s secret letters to France and Spain intercepted, 297–10

  1586: implicated in Babington plot, 300–3; arrested, 302–3, 304; money seized, 305; Babington conspirators executed, 306; imprisoned in Fotheringhay Castle, 306–17; put on trial, 308–10, 311–17; refuses to confess, 318–19; pronounced guilty of treason, 321; writes to Elizabeth about her death, 322

  1587: Elizabeth signs death warrant, 323–5; learns of sentence, 327–8; writes will and final letters, 329–30; execution, 331–4; burial, 337

  1621: reburied in Westminster Abbey, 340

  and needlework, 37, 65, 264, 279–80

  appearance and character, 8–9, 35–7, 40–1, 43, 88, 143, 200, 278–9, 331

  at French court, 35–41

  Book of Hours, 37, 240, 260, 265, 344

  clothing and jewels, 8–9, 36, 40–1, 44, 105, 108, 114, 138, 221, 225, 226–7, 239, 251, 263–4, 269–70, 282, 331, 333–4

  ill health, 41, 88, 103, 115, 143, 159, 165–6, 177, 187, 192, 202, 261, 278–80, 286, 290–3, 305

  infancy, 19–20

  marriage prospects, 11, 24–5, 26, 30, 42, 101–3, 118, 137–42, 242–3, 249, 268, 276–7, 284

  regency, 22–5

  relationship with Duke of Norfolk, 251, 266, 270

  relationship with Earl of Bothwell, 97–8, 118, 130, 165–6, 172, 184–5, 187–2, 193–203, 214–15, 237, 249, 265, 270–1, 277

  relationship with Elizabeth I, 49, 93, 112, 114–16, 137–41, 167–8, 228–30, 234–5, 241–2, 260–2, 279, 291

  relationship with son James, 282–3, 288, 295, 306, 319

  relationship with Lord Darnley, 143–7, 151, 156–60, 162–74, 246–8

  relationship with Lord Dudley, 139–40

  relationship with the dauphin, 36, 40

  religion, 109–10

  Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, 22

  Mary Tudor, Queen of France, 68, 76

  Matilda, Holy Roman Empress, 12, 45

  Maxwell, John, 4th Baron Herries, 229, 235, 254–5, 257–9

  Maxwell, Robert, 5th Lord Maxwell, 16

  de’ Medici, Catherine, 8, 30, 41, 91–3, 265, 275

  and Mary, Queen of Scots, 9, 39–40, 41, 103, 118, 137–8, 150, 165, 170, 181, 186, 201, 204, 227, 265

  as regent, 100, 101–2

  children, 24, 26, 36, 39, 40

  Melbourne, Lord, see Lamb, William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

  Melville, Elizabeth, 19

  Melville, Robert, 1st Lord Melville, 197

  Melville, Sir James, 140–3, 149, 153, 163–4, 180, 192, 193, 195, 203–4, 211, 226, 277, 311, 322, 332, 335

  de Mendoza, Don Bernadino, 290, 300–1

  Mertine, Mrs, 176, 179, 182

  Mildmay, Sir Walter, 3–4, 325

  Montgomerie, Hugh, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, 106

  Montmorency family, 88, 92

  Moray, Earl of, see Stewart, James, 1st Earl of Moray

  More Castle, Hertfordshire, 49

  More, Sir Thomas, 19

  Morgan, Thomas, 298

  Morlaix, France, 34

  Morton, Earl of, see Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton

  Murray, Annabella, Countess of Mar, 267

  Murray, James, 186

  Nau de la Boisseliere, Claude, 171, 281–2, 298, 299, 301, 303, 304, 306, 313–14, 316

  Nelson, Thomas, 179–80

  Neville, Charles, 6th Earl of Westmorland, 265–8

  Neville, John, 3rd Baron Latimer, 71

  Newbattle Abbey, Scotland, 27

  Norfolk, Duchess of, see Howard, Agnes, Duchess of Norfolk

  Norfolk, Duke of (1473–1554), see Howard, Thomas, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

  Norfolk, Duke of (1536–72), see Howard, Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk

  Norris, Sir Henry, 59–60

  Northamptonshire, Sheriff of, see Knightley, Sir Richard, Sheriff of Northamptonshire

  Northern Rebellion (1569), 272–3, 274, 275

  Northumberland, Earl of, see Percy, Thomas, 7th Earl of Northumberland

  Notre-Dame cathedral, Paris, 8, 15, 89, 91, 336

  Ogilvie of Boyne, Alexander, 151–2, 184

  Ogilvy, Marion, 21

  Oglethorpe, Owen, Bishop of Carlisle, 122–3

  Orkney, Bishop of, see Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney

  Page, Richard, 60

  Paget, Charles, 298–9

  Paget, Sir William, 298

  Pagez, Bastian, 174, 200, 215, 267

  de Parois, Mme, 40–1

  Parr, Katherine, Queen of England, 19, 47, 66–7, 69–72, 129

  Parr, William, 47

  Parry, Thomas, 74–5, 83, 84

  Paulet, Sir Amyas, 293–4, 297–300, 302–3, 304–5, 307–10, 316, 319–22, 324–5, 327, 330

  Paulet, William, 1st Marquess of Winchester, 81

  Pavia, Battle of (1525), 29

  Peel, Sir Robert, 341

  Pembroke, Earl of, see Herbert, William, 1st Earl of Pembroke

  Percy, Thomas, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 265–8

  Perth, Scotland, 90

  Peterborough, Dean of, see Fletcher, Richard, Dean of Peterborough

  Peterborough Cathedral, 337

  Phelippes, Thomas, 299, 302, 306, 312

  Philibert, Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, 91, 164

  Philip II, King of Spain, 89, 91, 93, 129, 134, 231, 236, 270, 276–7, 288

  and death of Mary, Queen of Scots, 337

  and Elizabeth I, 120, 124–5, 126

  and Mary I, 13, 45–6, 82–5

  and Mary, Queen of Scots, 100, 101, 102, 103, 118, 149, 184, 265, 266, 294, 298

  and war with England, 337–8

  Pickering, Sir William, 130

  Picto (maid to Amy Robsart), 132–3

  Pinkie Cleugh, Battle of (1547), 30, 34

  Pius IV, Pope, 151

  Pius V, Pope, 151, 268–9, 270, 277

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nbsp; Poissy, France, 35

  de Poitiers, Diane, 8, 30, 35, 36, 39, 41–2, 88, 91–2, 100, 107

  Pole, Margaret, 3

  Pole, Reginald, Archbishop of Canterbury, 119, 122

  Poley, Robert, 303

  porphyria, 167, 286

  de Preau (Mary’s chaplain), 330

  Protestantism 21, 27–8, 39, 89–91, 102, 103, 123, 236, 241, 277, 288

  Reformation, 20–1, 89, 153, 342–3

  de Quadra, Álvaro, 131, 134–5, 169

  Radclyffe, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Sussex, 81, 242, 249

  Randolph, Thomas, 116, 139, 141, 145, 150–1

  rape, 193–7, 198, 201, 202, 219

  Raullet, Pierre, 143

  Reformation, 20–1, 89, 153, 342–3

  Renée of Guise, 297

  Revelations of Divine Love (Julian of Norwich), 19

  Ridolfi, Roberto, 270, 272, 274–5

  Ridolfi plot (1571), 272–3, 274–6, 284, 287, 323

  Rizzio, David, 143, 149, 151–3, 154–61, 170, 187

  Rizzio, Joseph, 160, 162, 165, 187

  Robert the Bruce, 7

  Robert, Duke of Albany, 15

  Robsart, Amy, 76, 128, 131–5, 139, 179, 294

  Rogers, John, 83

  Rokesby, Christopher, 162, 265

  Roper, Margaret, 19

  ‘Rough Wooing’, 26

  Russell, Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford, 102, 192, 202

  Russell, John, 1st Earl of Bedford, 70, 73–4

  Ruthven, Patrick, 3rd Lord Ruthven, 152, 153, 154–8, 159–60, 210, 213, 214

  Sackville, Thomas, Lord Buckhurst, 320

  Sadler, Sir Ralph, 242, 261, 292–3

  St Andrews, Scotland, 15, 28

  St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (1572), 277

  Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, 34, 35

  Sampford Courtney, Battle of (1549), 70

  Sandys, Edwin, Bishop of London, 277

  Savoy, Duke of, see Philibert, Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy

  Scota, Princess of Egypt, 7

  Scotland, 12–13

  and monarchy, 20

  and the Church, 21–2

  Reformation, 97, 104, 106, 108–9

  regency, 22–5

  the role of women in, 19, 194

  Scott, Sir Walter, 26

  Scrope, Henry, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, 240

  Scrope, Lady, see Howard, Margaret, Lady Scrope

  Scudamore, John, 302–3

  Seton, George, 7th Lord Seton, 224, 227

  Seton, Mary, 33–4, 108, 163, 210, 213, 216, 221, 224, 240, 263–4, 267, 278, 282, 297

  Seymour, Edward, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp, 27, 29, 30, 32, 64, 69–71, 75–6, 77

  Seymour, Edward, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp, 113

 

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