An Accidental Tragedy (64 page)

Mary’s arrival in Scotland is covered by Knox and Brantôme and her entry into Edinburgh is given in the
Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents
and by A. MacDonald in ‘Mary Stewart’s Entry into Edinburgh – An Ambiguous Triumph
’ (Innes Review
, 1991), as well as the same author’s ‘The Triumph of Protestantism
’ (Innes Review,
1997
).
The interviews with Knox are one-sidedly quoted from his
History of the Reformation,
and Randolph’s despatches are quoted in both the
Calendars of State Papers, Scotland
and
Elizabeth.
A more balanced view of Knox/Mary is given by Jenny Wormald in ‘Godly Reformer, Godless Monarch’
,
an essay in
John Knox and the British Reformations,
ed. Roger Mason (Aldershot, 1998).

8
Dynastic entity

Mary’s travels were well reported by Randolph and her establishment at Holyrood is described by J.S. Richardson in
The Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse
(HMSO, 1978), and also in
Inventaires de la Royne d’Escosse
, ed. Joseph Robertson (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1863). Details of her library are found in John Durkan’s ‘The Library of Mary Queen of Scots’, an essay in
Mary Stewart, Queen in Three Kingdoms,
ed. Michael Lynch (Oxford, 1988). The interview with de Gouda is detailed in Randolph, who also quotes Mary’s enjoyment while on her campaign in the Highlands.

9
The dancing grows hot

Melville’s visit to Elizabeth is detailed by him in his
Memoirs of His Own Life
by Sir James Melville of Halhill (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1827) while the extracts from the official despatches are from the relevant
Calendars.

10
Yonder long lad

The affairs of the Privy Council are published in the
Register of the Scottish Privy Council of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1877–98). Randolph and the
Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents
give full accounts of the events in Edinburgh. Throckmorton’s despatches are included with Randolph’s in the
Calendar of State Papers, Elizabeth.
Rizzio’s murder is dealt with in every history of the period, especially in Antonia Fraser’s
Mary, Queen of Scots
(London, 1969).

11
She wished she had never been married

Mary’s will is cited by Robertson in his edition of
Inventaires.
Melville in his
Memoirs
supplements Killigrew’s ambassadorial reports while du Croc can be found in
Calendar of State Papers, Foreign.
An account of Mary’s sickness can be found in
Queen Mary at Jedburgh
by John Small (Edinburgh, 1881). These events are also recounted, unreliably, by Claude Nau in
Memorials of Mary Stewart,
ed. J. Stevenson, S.J. (Edinburgh, 1883). The account of the Craigmillar Bond is in Robert Keith,
History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland
, vol. 2 (Spottiswoode Society, Edinburgh, 1844–50) and is quoted by Labanoff. James’s baptism is found in the
Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents
as well as in Melville and du Croc.

12
Some evil turn

Darnley’s murder is treated in some detail by Brigadier R.H. Mahon in
The Tragedy of Kirk o’ Field
(Cambridge, 1930) and by M.H. Armstrong-Davison in
The Casket Letters
(London, 1965). The aftermath to the murder is given in the
Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents
as well as in ambassadorial despatches and by John Maxwell, Lord Herries in his
Historical Memoirs,
ed. R. Pitcairn (Abbotsford Club, Edinburgh, 1836).

13
It does not appertain to subjects to reform their prince

Mary’s imprisonment on Loch Leven is detailed by Nau, Melville, Keith and the ambassadors.
The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland
, vols 2, 3 and 4 (Edinburgh, 1814–75) contain the formal results of Moray’s dealings. A.M. Scott gives a detailed account of the battle of Langside in
The Battle of Langside
(Glasgow, 1885) and Mary’s flight south is found in Herries’
Historical Memoirs
and in
History of the Burgh of Dumfries
by William McDowall (Dumfries, 1867).

14–17

With Mary now a virtual prisoner to the end of her life, her letters as edited by Labanoff become a major source as do the
Calendar of State Papers, Elizabeth
and
Scotland.
The Casket Letters are printed in full in Armstrong-Davison,
The Casket Letters
(London, 1965), and accounts of the examination at York are in
The First Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots
by Gordon Donaldson (London, 1969) and in John Hosack’s
Mary Queen of
Scots and her Accusers
(Edinburgh, 1869). Nau gives us useful background, while Edmund Lodge’s
Illustrations of British History
(London, 1791) and William Camden’s
Annals of the most renowned and victorious Queen Elizabeth,
tr. T. Wallace MacCaffrey (Chicago, 1970) are essential sources. Quotes from Buchanan come from
The Tyrannous Reign of Mary, Queen of Scots: George Buchanan’s Account,
ed. W.A. Gatherer (Edinburgh, 1958), ‘The Uses of Adversity’ is printed in
Queen Mary’s Book
, by Mrs P. Stewart-Mackenzie Arbuthnot (London, 1907).

18–19

Mary’s letters edited by Labanoff now alternate with
The Letter-books of Amias Poulet,
ed. John Morris, S.J. (London, 1874) and the
Calendar of State Papers, Elizabeth,
combined with the
Hatfield Papers,
vols 1 and 2 (Historic Manuscripts Commission, 1883) give the political background. The Babington plot is detailed in J.H. Pollen, S.J.’s
Queen Mary and the Babington Plot
(Scottish History Society, 1922) while Conyers Read in
Mr Secretary Walsingham and the Policy of Queen Elizabeth,
vol. 1 (Oxford, 1925) gives an overview. Mrs the Hon. Maxwell-Scott’s
The Tragedy of Fotheringhay
(London, 1912) is essential as is
Marie Stuart, son Procès et son Exècution, d’après le Journal inédit de Bourgoing,
edited by M.R. Chantelauze (Paris, 1876). Elizabeth’s behaviour in signing the death warrant is covered in
Life of William Davison,
N.H. Nicolas (London, 1823). There is an account of Mary’s trial in
The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots
by A.F. Steuart (London, 1923).

20
A place near the kings

Accounts of Mary’s burial is in
History and Antiquities of Peterborough Cathedral
by John Britton (London, 1828), and in
Collections Relative to the funerals of Mary, Queen of Scots,
by R. Pitcairn (Edinburgh, 1822).
Royal Westminster Abbey
by Bryan Bevan (London, 1976), describes the abbey today while Arthur Penrhyn Stanley’s
Historical Monuments of Westminster Abbey
(London, 1868) relates the story of the post-burial investigations. Mary’s posthumous reputation is dealt with in some detail by J.E. Phillips in
Images of a Queen
(Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1964).

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