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INSTRUCTONS to Scottish Ambassadors; 1529-1590.
1. "Credence to be schawin in our name [James V.] be our cousing [John Stuart] ye duk of Albany till our brother and confederat ye maist cristin king of Fraunce" [Francis I.]; circa 1529, f. 2.
2. "Credence to be schawin till our derrest vncle ye King of Ingland [Henry VIII.] be Dauid Wod;" circa 1529, f. 2 b.
3. "Articulis and ciedence to be schawin to our Ambassatours in France be our secretar [David Paniter] and [Robert Reid] abbot of Kinloss;" circa 1535, f. 4.
4. "Articulis and poyntis 3e sall schaw to our derrest brother and confederat the Kyng of France" [Francis I.]; circa 1537. Endorsed "Ye secretis send wit James Akynheid," f. 7.
5. "Articulis direct to [David Paniter] ye Postulat of Ross Ambassatour of Scotland in Fraunce;" circa 1547. Signed by [the Regent] James [Hamilton, Earl of Arran], f. 8.
6. "Instructions for ye L[aird] of Lethington, William Maitland] how to consave and direct ye sute and complainte of ws ye nobles gentlemen and burgesses of Scotland in yis our distres to [Elizabeth] ye quenes majestie off Englande;" [24] Nov. 1559, f. 11.
7. "Instructionis gevin be my lorde of Mortounn [James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton] To his cousing and seruitour Maister Archibald Dowglas, To be schewin to ye quenis maiestie his souerane." [Mary, Queen of Scots]; circa Mar. 1560/1 , ff. 13, 16.
8. "Instructions of ye Quenis Majesteis [Mary, Queen of Scots] to Master Stewin Wilsonne to be done in ye partis of France and Italie;" [Nov.] 1566. Signed "Marie R." f. 18.
9. "Instructionis to our trusty and weilbelouit seruand [Sir John Seton] directit be ws wiye auise of the lordis of our privie counsale, to our dearest suster and cousing [Elizabeth] the quene of england At the day of 1581." Drafts. f. 20.
10. "Instructions to James Collwill of Ester Wemys dirrected to our darrest brother the K[ing] of Nauarre" [Henri III.; Nov. 1583]. Draft in the hand of Sir John Maitland, Laird of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland. f. 23.
11. "Instructions for the M[aste]r of Grey [Patrick Gray, afterwards 7th Lord Gray] and Sir Robert Melvill" [Ambassadors to England; Dec. 1586]. Draft. f. 26.
12. "Instructiouns for Coronell [William] Stewart, Commendatour of Pittenweme," Envoy to Denmark; [circa Mar. 1590]. Draft, in the same hand as Art. 10. f. 30.
13. "Instructions to our trustye counsellour William [Stewart], Commendatair of Pettinweim." Draft in the same hand as Artt. 10 and 12, and endorsed "Copye of Instructions for Coronell Stewart and Mr. Johne Skeyne," envoys to the Assembly of Princes at Brunswick; [June, 1590]. f. 32. Paper. Folio.
Kingdom of Scotland: Instructions to Scotch ambassadors: 1529-1590.
includes:
- f. 2 John Stewart, Duke of Albany; Regent of Scotland: Instructions to, on his embassy to France: circ. 1529.
- f. 2 b Henry VIII of England: Instructions of the Scotch ambassador in England: circ. 1529.
- f. 2 b David Wod, Scotch Ambassador in England: Instructions to: circ. 1529.
- f. 4 Robert Reid, Abbat of Kinloss: Instructions to be shown by, to the Scotch ambassadors in France: circ. 1535.
- f. 4 David Paniter, Sectretary of State in Scotland, Bishop of Ross: Instructions to Scotch ambassadors in France: circ. 1535.
- f. 7 James Akynheid, Scottish Ambassador in France: Instructions: circ. 1537.
- f. 8 James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran; 1st Duke of Châtelhérault, Governor of Scotland: Instructions to D. Paniter: circ. 1547.
- f. 8 David Paniter, Sectretary of State in Scotland, Bishop of Ross: Instructions for when ambassador in France: circ. 1547.
- f. 11 William Maitland, of Lethington; ambassador to England: Instructions to: 1559.
- f. 11 Elizabeth I of England: Instructions of the Scotch ambassador in England: 1559.
- ff. 13, 16 Sir Archibald Douglas, Scots Ambassador in England: Instructions to, from Lord Morton: 1561.
- ff. 13, 16 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton; Regent of Scotland: Correspondence with Mary, Qu. of Scots: 1564.
- f. 18 Mary of Scotland: Signature: 1566.
- f. 18 Stephen Wilson, Scotch Ambassador to France and Italy: Instructions: 1566.
- f. 20 Sir John Seton, of Barns: Instructions to, as ambassador to England: 1581.
- f. 20 Elizabeth I of England: Instructions of the Scotch ambassador in England: 1580, 1581.
- f. 23 Henry III of Navarre: Instructions of the Scottish ambassador to: 1583.
- f. 23 James Colville, of Ester Wemys, afterwards 1st Baron Colville, Scottish Ambassador to the King of Navarre: Instructions to: 1583.
- ff. 23, 30, 32 Sir John Maitland, Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland: Draft instructions for Envoys to Navarre, Denmark and Brunswick: 1583-1590.
- f. 26 Elizabeth I of England: Instructions of the Scotch ambassadors in England: 1586.
- f. 26 Patrick Gray, Master of Gray, afterwards 7th Baron Gray: Instructions to, on his embassy to England: 1586.
- f. 26 Sir Robert Melville, of Murdocarny, afterwards Lord Melville, Scotch Ambassador to England: Instructions to: 1586.
- f. 30 Christian IV of Denmark: Instructions to the Scottish Envoy to: circ. 1590.
- ff. 30, 32 Colonel William Stewart, Commendator of Pittenween: Instructions to, as envoy to Denmark and Brunswick: 1590.
- f. 32 Sir John Skene, of Curriehill, lord Advocate of Scotland: Instructions to, as envoy to Germany: 1590.
- f. 32 Brunswick, Lower Saxony: Instructions of the Scottish Envoys to the assembly of Princes at: 1590.
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Add MS 23108-23138 : ORIGINAL papers and correspondence of John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, created in 1672 Duke of Lauderdale, and in 1674…
Add MS 23108 : INSTRUCTONS to Scottish Ambassadors; 1529-1590. 1. "Credence to be schawin in our name [James V.] be our cousing [John Stuart] ye… - Hierarchy:
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- Start Date:
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- Names:
- Akynheid, James, Scottish Ambassador in France
Christian IV, of Denmark
Colville, James, of Ester Wemys, afterwards 1st Baron Colville, Scottish Ambassador to the King of Navarre
Douglas, Archibald, conspirator, clergyman and diplomat, c 1540-c 1602
Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton, chancellor and regent of Scotland, c 1516-1581,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000037856014X
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Gray, Patrick, Master of Gray, afterwards 7th Baron Gray
Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran; Duke of Châtelherault, Governor of Scotland, c 1519-1575
Henry IV, of France
Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122586127
Katherine, Princess of Aragon, consort of Henry VIII, 1485-1536,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066386533
Maitland, John, Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland
Maitland, William, of Lethington, courtier and diplomat, c 1528-1573
Mary, of Scotland
Melville, Robert, of Murdocarny, afterwards Lord Melville, Scotch Ambassador to England
Paniter, David, Sectretary of State in Scotland, Bishop of Ross
Reid, Robert, Abbat of Kinloss
Seton, John, of Barns
Skene, John, of Curriehill, lord Advocate of Scotland
Stewart, John, Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland
Stewart, William, Colonel; Commendator of Pittenween
Wilson, Stephen, Scotch Ambassador to France and Italy
Wod, David, Scotch Ambassador in England - Places:
- Brunswick, Lower Saxony
Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom