Laing, ii. 224-240.
393
Bain, ii. 322.
394
As to Randolph’s dark hint, Chalmers says, ‘he means their participation in Darnley’s murder’ (ii. 487). But that, from Randolph’s point of view, was no offence against Mary, and Kirkcaldy was not one of Darnley’s murderers.
395
Cal. For. Eliz. ix. 390.
396
See Hosack, ii. 217, 218. Bowes to Walsingham, March 25, 1581. Bowes Papers, 174. Ogilvie to Archibald Beaton. Hosack, ii. 550, 551.
397
Bain, ii. 569.
398
Robertson Inventories, 124.
399
Bowes Correspondence, 236.
400
Bowes, 265.
401
Goodall, i. 35, 36.
402
Vol. lxxx. 131, et seq.
403
Before the Reformation it belonged to the Bishops of Roskilde, and was confiscated from them, Henry VIII.’s fashion.
404
Bain, ii. 250.
405
Cal. For. Eliz. viii. 413, 414.
406
This picture seems to be lost.
407
Diurnal, p. 134.
408
Birrel’s Diary, p. 17.
409
Cot. Lib. Calig. B. ix. fol. 272. Apud Chalmers, i. 441, 442.
410
Bain, ii. 516.
411
Diurnal, p. 146.
412
Bain, ii. 665.
413
Nau, p. 80.
414
Chalmers’s date, as to Stewart’s expedition to Denmark, differs from that of Drury.
415
Such coffers were carefully covered. One had a cover of crimson velvet, with the letter ‘F’ in silver and gold work (Maitland Club, Illustrations of Reigns of Mary and James). Another coffer, with a cover of purple velvet, is described in a tract by M. Luzarche (Tours, 1868).
416
Nau, p. 48.
417