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Prisoner's lodgings he found (to his great amazement)
that he was gone from thence one whole day before.
* * *
" Now the King and the Lords being much disturbed
with this unexpected accident, my Lord Treasurer sent
orders to a Pinnace that lay at the Do\atis, to put
presently to sea, first to Calais Road and then scour up
the coast towards Dunkirk. This Pinnace spying the
aforesaid Spanish Barque,' which lay lingering for Mr.
Seymour, made to her, which thereupon offered to fly
towards Calais, and endured thirteen shot of the
Pinnace before she would strike. In this Bark is the
Lady taken with her followers, and brought back to
the Tower. Not so sorry for her own restraint as she
would be glad if Mr. Seymour might escape, whose
welfare she protested to affect much more than her
" 2
own.
On her first imprisonment in July 1810, and before
' There is some confusion here. The writer had above called the
Ship aboard which the Lady Arabella came, a French Bark.
• Winwood's Memorials, Vol. III. pp. 279. 280, 281.
Prisoner's lodgings he found (to his great amazement)
that he was gone from thence one whole day before.
* * *
" Now the King and the Lords being much disturbed
with this unexpected accident, my Lord Treasurer sent
orders to a Pinnace that lay at the Do\atis, to put
presently to sea, first to Calais Road and then scour up
the coast towards Dunkirk. This Pinnace spying the
aforesaid Spanish Barque,' which lay lingering for Mr.
Seymour, made to her, which thereupon offered to fly
towards Calais, and endured thirteen shot of the
Pinnace before she would strike. In this Bark is the
Lady taken with her followers, and brought back to
the Tower. Not so sorry for her own restraint as she
would be glad if Mr. Seymour might escape, whose
welfare she protested to affect much more than her
" 2
own.
On her first imprisonment in July 1810, and before
' There is some confusion here. The writer had above called the
Ship aboard which the Lady Arabella came, a French Bark.
• Winwood's Memorials, Vol. III. pp. 279. 280, 281.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Historical notes on the Lennox or Darnley jewel, the property of the Queen > (93) Page 77 |
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| Description | London : William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1843. "The following Notes ... written by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., in obedience to the order of the Queen, are printed by Her Majesty's Command"--Preface. "'A golden heart, set with jewels, ... made by order of Lady Margaret Douglas mother of Henry Lord Darnley in memory of her husband Mathew Stewart Earl of Lennox and Regent of Scotland ... '"--Page 2. Chromolithographic plate drawn by H. Shaw. |
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| Shelfmark | H.35.c.32 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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