Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to James VI, King of Scotland [manuscript], ca. 1592/3 March.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to James VI, King of Scotland [manuscript], ca. 1592/3 March.
Description
1 leaf ; 31 x 20 cm
Associated name
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, correspondent.
Burgh, Thomas Burgh, Baron, -1597.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, signer.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625, addressee.
Burgh, Thomas Burgh, Baron, -1597.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, signer.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625, addressee.
Summary
Relates the Queen's concerns about a Jesuit plot, led by several Scottish Earls including Huntly, inviting Spain to invade Scotland and then to move south to England, as well as her concerns about the Protestant Earl of Bothwell.
Note
Date from endorsement of delivery by Thomas, Lord Borough [Burgh], on "xvj merche 1592".
Watermark of crowned and intertwined serpents.
Watermark of crowned and intertwined serpents.
Publications about material
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 53-55, 236.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Maggs Bros. in 1925.
Exhibited
Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 133)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 133)
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1414.2
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.397.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Great Britain -- Scotland.
Great Britain -- Scotland.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.397
Folger accession
cs1414