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Alexander Hay (died 1594)

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119:. The jewel was no bigger than the palm of a man's hand and made "in form of a heirse of harthorne", well-decked with gold and enamelled. It depicted an enthroned queen with a rampant lion worrying a leopard, with the inscription, "Fall what may fall, the lion shall be lord of all". The discovery was to be kept secret. 188:. James VI wrote to him, probably in December 1591, asking him to make sure exchequer officials and administrators attended to royal business and the management of his household. The letter refers to the dowry of Anne of Denmark, a part of which was loaned as an investment to the burgh council of Edinburgh. 149:
In 1577 Hay wrote a description of the Scottish nobility, briefly detailing their ages and landholdings. This survey was probably for the benefit of an English diplomat. The ambassador
146:, the banns for Mary's marriage to Bothwell and her declaration that she married of her own free will, and had many other documents to place at Knox's disposal. 157:
kept armorials and genealogical manuscripts in their Edinburgh lodging. In 1606 Hay's manuscript was owned by John Withie (d. 1677), a London heraldry painter.
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from March 1564, Director of Chancery and Keeper of the Quarter Seal in 1567, and Clerk of Register in October 1579 after the death of
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In November 1580 Edinburgh town council decided to make him a gift of two silver cups with his name engraved on them.
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by excessive paines and travellis tane by him at the time, immediately before and at the tyme of the baptisme".
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Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts, 1588-1596',
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In December 1593, Young was appointed to a committee to audit the account of money spent by Maitland on the
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appears to be part of Hay's administrative paperwork. The manuscript includes material connected with the
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critical of Mary. He had secured further papers, including the processes of divorce between the
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Hay attended the conferences in York in 1568 discussing the issues around the deposed
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Grant G. Simpson, 'The Personal Letters of James VI: a short Commentary',
315: 116: 96: 73: 131: 124: 80:". Hay also made a notarial copy of the deposition or confession of 211:. According to a note in the manuscript "Books of Sederunt" in the 322:, 1 (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. 250–51: BL Cotton Caligula C/I f.430. 294:(Edinburgh: Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1875), pp. 233–236. 103:
describing his recent conversation with the English ambassador
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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1573-1579
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Extracts From the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1557–1571
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Journal of the Transactions in Scotland, by Richard Bannatyne
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Alexander Hay died on 19 September 1594. He was buried at
72:. A list of evidence and charges against Mary supplied to 424:Lambeth Palace Library, Scottish Armorial, MS. 316 227:A collection of papers formerly in the library at 22:(died 1594) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. 546: 342:, vol. 3 (London, 1903), pp. 315, 361-2, 368-70. 76:delegation is known as Hay's articles, or the " 215:, he died "schortlie after the baptism of the 280:Calendar of State Papers Scotland, 1574-1581 163: 306:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 557 no. 902. 282:, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 357 no. 434. 115:, but it had been intercepted and given to 369:Memorials of the transactions in Scotland 270:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 6 no. 20. 510:Scottish History Society Miscellany XVI 547: 406:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1864), pp. 611-2. 268:Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland 222: 195:. The funds in question came from the 555:Privy Council of Mary, Queen of Scots 422:, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 667: 320:Mary Queen of Scots and Her Accusers 109:Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl 199:and the dowry of Anne of Denmark. 13: 354:, vol. 1 (London, 1904), pp. 23-4. 336:The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context 14: 576: 524:Estimate of the Scottish nobility 439:Estimate of the Scottish nobility 247:. The volume has been digitised. 530: 515: 502: 477: 464: 448: 428: 409: 393: 340:Calendar State Papers Scotland 420:Calendar State Papers Scotland 389:(Edinburgh, 1806), pp. 293-302 375: 357: 345: 325: 309: 304:Calendar State Papers Scotland 297: 285: 273: 257: 20:Alexander Hay of Easter Kennet 16:Scottish lawyer and politician 1: 250: 184:in 1589, Hay was temporarily 95:In November 1570 he wrote to 537:British Library Add MS 33531 512:(Woodbridge, 2020), pp. 6-7. 497:National Library of Scotland 472:John Maitland of Thirlestane 445:, 76 (London, 2014), p. 193. 213:National Records of Scotland 7: 338:(Manchester, 2002), p. 58: 241:English subsidy of James VI 10: 581: 474:(Princeton, 1959), p. 202. 461:(Edinburgh, 1882), p. 188. 164:Hay and the royal voyages 32:Privy Council of Scotland 25: 371:(Edinburgh, 1836), p. 61 202: 560:Court of James VI and I 499:Adv. 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Index

Privy Council of Scotland
James MacGill
Kennet
Clackmannanshire
murder of Lord Darnley
Mary, Queen of Scots
Earl of Bothwell
battle of Carberry Hill
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth's
Book of Articles
Nicolas Hubert alias French Paris
murder of Lord Darnley
Earl of Mar
Stirling Castle
Thomas Randolph
Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth
Richard Bannatyne
John Knox
John Knox
George Buchanan
Earl of Bothwell
Jean Gordon
Robert Bowes
George Nicholson
James VI
John Maitland
Thirlestane

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