Series 3 > Letters of James the Fourth, 1505-1513

286 LETTERS OF JAMES IV [1513
514. Henry VIII to all Wardens, Admirals, Captains, etc.,
Westminster, January 24,1512-13. rymer, xiii, p. 346;
brodie, 1592, 1602(27).
At the special desire and request of the King of Scots,
made known to him in letters, signed by his own hand,
Henry, of his special grace, and with the consent of his
Council, grants a safe-conduct to John, Lord Drummond,
Sir Robert Lauder of the Bass, Sir John Ramsay of Terren-
yeane, Sir William Scott of Balverley, and Master John
Henry son, Lord Justice Clerk, councillors, orators and
commissioners of the aforementioned King, all or any of
them, to enter and sojourn in his realm and its borders
adjoining Scotland (Marchias ejusdem versus Scotiam), with
a hundred persons or fewer, armed or unarmed, with as
many horses, castrated or not, in addition to guides and
helpers (querentes et assistarios) with goods, stuff, jewels,
letters, papers, portmanteaux (manticas), fardels, gold and
silver coined and uncoined, and other legitimate goods and
gear. To be valid for one year.
515. James IV to Anne of Brittany, Holyrood, [January,
1512-13]. n.l. 259 ; brodie, 304.1
His cousin, Christiern, Hereditary Prince of Denmark,
as yet unmarried, prudent in war and council, in no way
degenerate from his glorious ancestors, and now proposing
to marry, has fixed his mind on the French royal house,
to which he is bound by treaty and kinship. James hopes
that from a new bond of kinship a stronger friendship will
arise. He therefore sends these letters to inform her that
this prince has now turned his thoughts to marriage, so
that any marriageable kinswoman of hers whom there may
be in France may know that there is a prince in Denmark
who is a suitable match. If Queen Anne approved, and
her prudence would make her all the more eager to establish
a closer tie of kinship, he would do his best to further the
Places at end of 1509.