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INTRODUCTION
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London, a pensioner of Elizabeth, and a tool of Cecil. James
Maitland was ill at Dieppe, in April and May 1589: he
could gather but little intelligence : he meant to visit Archi¬
bald Douglas in London, and asked for a passport. In a letter
of Richard Douglas to Archibald Douglas (May 16, 1589) he
thanks Archie ‘for what he had done for James Maitland1;
apparently by a loan of money. ‘ I am assured the gentleman
will be thankful as far as he may.’1
These Douglases were ill companions for a young man.
Marrying Lord Herries’s daughter, Agnes, in 1592, James
appears as a Catholic, and a favourer of the Spanish faction,
in 1593.
Papers in the Archives of Simancas, vol. iv., Elizabeth, p. 604.
No. 617.
Document headed ‘ Statement of what happened in Scotland in a.d. 1593
the month of December last year, 1592, in consequence of the ^uly’
embassy which the Catholic lords of that country wished to send
to his Majesty.’
[Describing the chief Catholics.] ‘ In this part of the country
[the southern part] there are many barons and gentlemen who are
good Catholics. There are Lords Hume, etc. Of gentlemen
there are Ladyland, Lethington, Johnston, Eldersley, the three
brothers of Lord Seton, and many others of the same sort.’ . . .
The following letter of 1596 shows James engaged in a
mission from the Scottish Catholics to Italy. ‘Sicill’ is
John Cecil, the well-known English priest and double spy, an
agent of his famous namesakes, William and Robert Cecil.
Thos. MacCrie, D.D. Life of Andrew Melville.
Vol. ii. Appendix vi. [Orig. in Bibl. Jurid. Edin. M. 6-9. No. 34.]
Letter from Mr. D. Andersone to certain Ministers in Scotland,
respecting Scotch Papists in Germany.
Auspurgh in high Almanie, 27 April 1596.
[After giving details on the establishment of various seminaries
for Scotch Papists in diverse foreign abbeys he writes :—]
The lard of Lethington called Metalen, departed from the
1 Hatfield Calendar, iii. 406, 412 ; iv. 410.
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London, a pensioner of Elizabeth, and a tool of Cecil. James
Maitland was ill at Dieppe, in April and May 1589: he
could gather but little intelligence : he meant to visit Archi¬
bald Douglas in London, and asked for a passport. In a letter
of Richard Douglas to Archibald Douglas (May 16, 1589) he
thanks Archie ‘for what he had done for James Maitland1;
apparently by a loan of money. ‘ I am assured the gentleman
will be thankful as far as he may.’1
These Douglases were ill companions for a young man.
Marrying Lord Herries’s daughter, Agnes, in 1592, James
appears as a Catholic, and a favourer of the Spanish faction,
in 1593.
Papers in the Archives of Simancas, vol. iv., Elizabeth, p. 604.
No. 617.
Document headed ‘ Statement of what happened in Scotland in a.d. 1593
the month of December last year, 1592, in consequence of the ^uly’
embassy which the Catholic lords of that country wished to send
to his Majesty.’
[Describing the chief Catholics.] ‘ In this part of the country
[the southern part] there are many barons and gentlemen who are
good Catholics. There are Lords Hume, etc. Of gentlemen
there are Ladyland, Lethington, Johnston, Eldersley, the three
brothers of Lord Seton, and many others of the same sort.’ . . .
The following letter of 1596 shows James engaged in a
mission from the Scottish Catholics to Italy. ‘Sicill’ is
John Cecil, the well-known English priest and double spy, an
agent of his famous namesakes, William and Robert Cecil.
Thos. MacCrie, D.D. Life of Andrew Melville.
Vol. ii. Appendix vi. [Orig. in Bibl. Jurid. Edin. M. 6-9. No. 34.]
Letter from Mr. D. Andersone to certain Ministers in Scotland,
respecting Scotch Papists in Germany.
Auspurgh in high Almanie, 27 April 1596.
[After giving details on the establishment of various seminaries
for Scotch Papists in diverse foreign abbeys he writes :—]
The lard of Lethington called Metalen, departed from the
1 Hatfield Calendar, iii. 406, 412 ; iv. 410.
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| Description | Contents: The Scottish king's household and other fragments from a 14th century manuscript / Mary Bateson -- The Scottish nation in the University of Orleans, 1336-1538 / John Kirkpatrick -- Muster-roll of the French garrison at Dunbar, 1553 / Robert S. Rait -- The antiquity of the Christian religion among the Scots, 1594 / Henry D.G. Law -- The apology for William Maitland of Lethington, 1610 / Andrew Lang -- Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme / L.G. Graeme -- A Scottish journie, being an account in verse of a tour from Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1641, by P.J. / C.H. Firth -- Narratives illustrating the Duke of Hamilton's expedition to England in 1648 / C.H. Firth -- Certain papers of Robert Burnet ... Gilbert Burnet ... and Robert Leighton / H.C. Foxcroft -- Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, 1677-1720 / Robert Paul -- The will of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1789 / Francis Steuart -- Index. |
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