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Catalogue description Secretaries of State: State Papers Scotland Series I, Mary
| Reference: | SP 51 |
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| Title: | Secretaries of State: State Papers Scotland Series I, Mary |
| Description: |
Mostly royal or regents' letters, commissions to envoys and requests for safe conduct, relating to Scotland from the reign of Queen Mary I of England. The series includes the marriage treaty of Mary, Queen of Scots and the future Francis II of France. |
| Date: | 1553-1558 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 1 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Available in digital format |
| Publication note: |
The records are calendared briefly but entirely in the Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, preserved in H.M Public Record Office, ed M J Thorpe, 2 vols (Edinburgh, 1858). They were subsequently calendared in more detail and quotation in Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1547-1603, vol I (1547-1563) ed J Bain (Edinburgh, 1898). |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The reign of Mary I saw a quieter period in Anglo-Scots relations, despite the usual Border incidents, thanks to a determined attempt by Mary and her young cousin Mary, Queen of Scot's regents to maintain amicable relations. In 1557, Scotland was drawn into Anglo-French hostilities on the French side, but neither the Scots nor the English had much appetite for their current leaders, the French Queen Dowager in Scotland and Philip of Spain, the Queen's consort, in England, and a truce was reached in the British theatre of the war. |
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