by John Guy
The extant versions of the execution warrant and the covering letters to Shrewsbury and Kent are from BL, Add. MS 48027, fos. 643, 644, 645–64; Lambeth, Fairhurst MS. 4267, fos. 19–20; Sotheby’s sale, London, Dec. 16, 1996, lots 40, 42; Ellis (182446), 2nd series, vol. 3. The key documents for the dispatch of the warrant are from BL, Add. MS 48027, fos. 636–41; BL, Harleian MS 290; CP 164/9, printed in [Salisbury MSS.] (1883–1976), vol. 3; Nicolas (1823).
30. THE FINAL HOURS
Mary’s health and her postmortems on her trial are from Morris (1874). There are two sources for the events on the night before the execution: one is Beale’s account in BL, Add. MS 48027, fos. 639v–41, 646v–49; the other is Bourgoing’s as printed in Chantelauze (1876). There are discrepancies between the two, which I have resolved as seems most likely. Scott (1905) adds useful detail, but gives too much credit to Blackwood and Jebb. Mary’s will and letter to Henry, Duke of Guise, are from Labanoff (1844), vol. 6, and Strickland (1844), vol. 2. Her last letter to Henry III is taken from NLS, Advocates MS 54.1.1.
The best candidate for the Latin book of hours or prayer book carried by Mary to the scaffold is HEH, MS 1200. This is an illuminated book of hours bound in crimson velvet with fine brass clasps. It was not made for Mary, but was sent as a gift to her by Pope Pius V while she was in captivity in England. A note at the front in James II’s handwriting (visible only under ultraviolet light) says, “This book belonged to Queen Mary of Scotland and she carried it at her death upon the scaffold.” The book was among the items purchased from the collections at the Scots College in Paris by Charles Mostyn shortly before the French Revolution, and was sold to Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner in or about 1822.
EPILOGUE
The proclamation for James I’s accession is from Larkin and Hughes (1973). Mary’s funeral is taken from the documents printed in Dack (1889) and Cust (1903). The monumental tombs at Westminster Abbey are described by Woodward (1997) and Walker (1998). Cecil’s memo of August 31, 1559, is taken from BL, Lansdowne MS 4, fos. 2627, printed as appendix 1 by Alford (1998a). Elizabeth’s views of monarchy and hereditary right are from BL, Add. MS 32091, fos. 168v–69. The quotations are from Dack (1889) and Camden (1630), the latter illuminatingly discussed by Collinson (1998a and 2003).
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