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A letter from number "7" mentions a list of English gentlewomen of the "greatest account" sent to King James. This was written when Elizabeth had a "rheum" in her arm and was losing sleep through grief for her former favourite, the Earl of Essex. "7" wanted Foulis to carry King James' letters to London. [32]
From the age of thirteen until his death, the life of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (1566–1625) was characterised by close relationships with a series of male favourites. The influence James's favourites had on politics, and the resentment at the wealth they acquired, became major political issues during his reign.
As King of Scotland, James bore the ancient royal arms of Scotland: Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules. The arms were supported by two unicorns Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto ...
He was accompanied by James Bellenden and George Douglas of Longniddry, a servant of Anne of Denmark. [13] He wrote in friendly terms to Sir Robert Cecil, who replied on 17 September 1594. [14] On 12 November 1594 Robert Cecil gave him a letter from the queen to carry back to James VI. [15] He was given £3,000 or £2,000 for James VI. [16]
After the York-Westminster conference, on 22 January 1569, Queen Elizabeth wrote to the Earl and Countess of Mar, who were the keepers of James VI at Stirling Castle, to counter rumours that Moray had made speeches and secret treaties in England to ensure that he would become King of Scotland to the prejudice of the young King. [27]
Valentine Thomas (died 1603) was an English servant or soldier whose confession in 1598 as a would-be assassin of Elizabeth I caused tension between England and Scotland. [1] Thomas's confession implicated James VI of Scotland, who wrote several letters to Elizabeth to ensure his rights to English throne were unharmed. [2]
The Lord Chancellor of Scotland, John Maitland died on 3 October 1595. James VI composed an epitaph and Damman translated it into Latin. [5] In February 1598, Damman became involved in controversy when he contributed to a succession tract, a pamphlet arguing that James VI of Scotland should become King of England.
Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI, a double portrait made in 1583, possibly to promote the "association", Blair Castle. [1] The Association was the name given to plans in the 1580s for Mary, Queen of Scots, to return to Scotland and rule jointly with her son, King James VI. [2] The plans came to nothing, despite diplomatic efforts. [3]