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of Mary Queen of Scots; Jane holds a white cloth. Another version of the picture is in the Royal
Collection. One narrative of the execution describes the cloth as "a handkerchief of cambric all wrought over with gold needlework", another, as a "Corpus Christi cloth". A "Corpus Christi cloth" is used
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The ferry boat sank after colliding with another vessel during the storm, and the sailors of the other boat, William Downie, Robert
Linkhop, and John Watson of Leith were put on trial for the deaths of sixty passengers in January 1590. The outcome of the trial is not recorded. The loss of the ferry
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He remarried to
Elizabeth Hamilton and James VI gave a ring to his wife at the christening of their child in 1594. In 1600 they had a daughter, Janet, and a son Andrew in 1603, and John in 1604. He died in 1617. In January 1624 his daughter Anna married Sir James Murray of
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to make into a necklace. He became the master of Mary's household in
England. Andrew and Jane were placed in joint custody of Mary's remaining jewels and silver plate. Mary had asked Andrew to take some of her belongings back to Scotland and her son
189:
that she had blindfolded Mary at the execution, as she had precedence of birth before
Elizabeth Curle. Mendoza was considering if she should have a pension from Spain. He wrote that her ship was driven back to Portsmouth by a storm.
193:
Jane
Kennedy returned to Scotland from France in January 1588. She talked to James VI for two hours about Mary's last days and told his courtiers about the execution. King James was sad and pensive and had no supper that day.
254:. The ferry boat was "midway under sail, and the tempest growing great carried the boat with such force upon a ship which was under sail as the boat sank presently." Jane had been summoned by James VI to await the arrival of
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about a suspected servant called Martin, mentioning he seemed to be forming a relationship with "Jane Kenyte, the
Scottish queen's woman". Shrewsbury made him swear on the Bible to have no further dealings with her.
75:. Varying accounts mention her jumping from a wall while practising for the Queen's escape, or leaping from a window to join the Queen as she fled the island, and helping row the boat to
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In later years the disaster came to be blamed on an error of the sailors, said to be drunk in calm weather by a writer in 1636, who added that £10,000 of goods and jewels were lost.
520:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1915), p. 462, these six ladies are described as "eight Scottish women" who were penultimate in the funeral procession, followed by 166 black clad yeoman.
877:
569:
King James's Secret: Negotiations between
Elizabeth and James VI relating to the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots, from the Warrender Papers
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using a secret passage. In July 1594 he and his brothers entertained the Danish and German ambassadors who had arrived for the
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helped Mary onto the scaffold and Jane tied her blindfold. Jane and
Elizabeth had been chosen for this duty by Mary herself.
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331:, known as the compiler of a miscellany of verse. His son George married the widow of the king's servant David Drummond.
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496:
Marguerite A. Tassi, "Martyrdom and Memory: Elizabeth Curle's
Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots", Debra Barret-Graves,
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Marguerite A. Tassi, "Martyrdom and Memory: Elizabeth Curle's Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots", Debra Barret-Graves,
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Andrew Melville continued to serve as a Master of the Royal Household. He was given £200 to buy clothes to attend the
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Liv Helene Willumsen, 'Witchcraft against Royal Danish Ships in 1589 and the Transnational Transfer of Ideas',
226:. Andrew Melville was detained in England for a time after Mary's execution, and James VI asked his ambassador
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on 1 August 1587, her ladies joined the procession in this order; Barbara Moubray, Christine Hog (the wife of
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Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts, 1588-1596',
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Memorial picture showing Jane Kennedy as a background figure to the right of Mary, (Royal Collection)
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Jane and her servant Susannah Kirkcaldy were drowned on the 7 or 8 September 1589 crossing the
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for a fortnight and her possessions searched. Jane was also in charge of linen and laundry. At
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when he was surprised by Francis, Earl of Bothwell. Andrew, who lived on the north side of
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118:. An inventory of the jewels and silver in Jane's keeping was made when Mary was taken to
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365:'Janet Kennedy Melville', Carole Levin, Anna Riehl Bertolet, Jo Eldridge Carney, eds,
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confessed to causing the storm by sinking a dead cat into the sea near Leith.
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in October 1569, her name recorded by a French scribe as "Gin Cannate". At
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after her execution, including portraits of her ancestors and a piece of
209:. In 1568 he had brought a gold chain to Mary when she was imprisoned in
201:. Garvock is near to Dunfermline. Andrew was a brother of the diplomats
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Jane Kennedy blindfolding Mary, Queen of Scots, 19th-century painting by
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Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots
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to secure his release. Douglas found that Melville was already free.
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In England, Jane was listed as a "maid" in Queen Mary's household at
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Jane Kennedy collected two beds from Mary's belongings, one for the
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Papers Relative to the Marriage of King James the Sixth of Scotland
185:, the other for Madame de Châlons. She told the Spanish ambassador
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Mary, Queen of Scots. A journal of her twenty years' captivity
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with all but two of the passengers was subsequently blamed on
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Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven
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282:. According to the account of the witch trials in the tract
79:. Stories of Kennedy's role at Lochleven were publicized by
98:, in 1571, she was listed as a "maid of the chamber". The
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Memoirs of his own life by Sir James Melville of Halhill
432:, vol. 7 (London, 1842), pp. 242-249, 265: John Morris,
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close, armed himself and entered the palace through the
367:
Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen
178:, Marie Pagez, Jane Kennedy, and Susannah Kirkcaldy.
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HMC Laing Manuscripts at the University of Edinburgh
637:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 165-6, letters of
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814:(Edinburgh, 1911), p. 201: Sebastiaan Verweij,
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461:(National Museums of Scotland, 2013), pp. 2-3.
816:The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland
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133:The two ladies are featured and named in the
404:Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1574-1581
258:, who was then expected to arrive at Leith.
549:Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588–1688
474:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1915), no. 267.
755:Memoirs of his own life by James Melville
675:Memoirs of his own life by James Melville
419:(Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), pp. 102, 108.
393:, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1903), pp. 565, 691.
233:
878:Deaths by drowning in the United Kingdom
704:(Roxburghe Club: London, 1816), sig. B3.
213:, which she had left with the goldsmith
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448:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1915), pp. 272-3.
29:, (Valenciennes, musée des Beaux-Arts)
801:(Edinburgh, 1911), pp. 107, 115, 118.
276:made to confess to raising the storms
53:Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis
270:. In the following year people from
691:, 45 (2020), pp. 54-99 at pp. 62-3
600:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1915), p. 304.
584:, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1905), p. 616.
500:(Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), p. 108.
406:, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 541.
381:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 696.
48:, during her captivity in England.
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846:, vol. 7 (London, 1858) pp. 507-8.
740:(Edinburgh, 1836), Appendix p. 17.
625:, vol. 1 (London, 1914), pp. 67-8.
14:
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487:, 2 (Philadelphia, 1840), p. 353.
309:protect the King at Holyroodhouse
280:Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell
775:(Edinburgh, 1827), pp. 410-413.
613:, vol. 7 (London, 1842), p. 254.
844:Lives of the Queens of Scotland
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677:(Edinburgh, 1827), pp. 369-70.
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510:La Morte de la Royne D'Escosse
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307:. In 1591 he was on hand to
71:where Mary was confined and
59:Servant of the captive queen
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594:Letter Book of Amias Paulet
516:(Edinburgh, 1834), p. 144:
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883:Scottish ladies-in-waiting
788:(Woodbridge, 2020), p. 82.
734:James Thomson Gibson-Craig
369:(Routledge, 2017), p. 494.
299:Andrew Melville of Garvock
199:Andrew Melville of Garvock
724:, (London, 1884), p. 252.
203:James Melville of Halhill
67:, Jane waited on Mary at
596:(London, 1874), p. 367:
135:Blairs Memorial Portrait
73:signed abdication papers
830:(London, 1904), p. 128.
818:(Oxford, 2016), p. 211.
659:Ancient Criminal Trials
611:Lettres de Marie Stuart
571:(London, 1927), p. 205.
551:(Penguin, 2022), p. 43.
483:William Joseph Walter,
430:Lettres de Marie Stuart
321:baptism of Prince Henry
65:battle of Carberry Hill
888:Witchcraft in Scotland
514:Memoirs of John Napier
457:Rosalind K. Marshall,
234:Loss of the ferry boat
168:Peterborough Cathedral
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164:funeral of Queen Mary
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428:Alexandre Labanoff,
417:The Emblematic Queen
46:Mary, Queen of Scots
702:Newes from Scotland
609:Labanoff, A., ed.,
459:Mary Queen of Scots
285:Newes from Scotland
126:, Jane Kennedy and
124:Fotheringhay Castle
641:to Walsingham and
512:(1589), quoted in
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329:Tippermuir
268:witchcraft
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