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Secretaries of State: State Papers Scotland Series I, Mary
Catalogue reference: SP 51
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SP 51
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.
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SP 51
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Scotland Series I, Mary
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Date (When the record was created)
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1553-1558
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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Available in digital format
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13593/
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