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m ; I PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME XXXVII PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS November 1901 X PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS DURING HER REIGN IN SCOTLAND 1561-1567 Edited, from the original documents in the Vatican Archives and elsewhere, by JOHN HUNGERFORD POLLEN, S.J. for the Scottish History Society 1901 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION, xvii Historical Introduction— I. Paul iv. and the interruption of communica- tion with Scotland, .... xviii Alleged secret treaties between Catholic Powers, xxxviii II. Pius iv. and the loss of Scotland,. xliii III. Communications with Scotland restored, . xlviii IV. Reports upon de Gouda’s Mission, . liv V. The Council of Trent, . Ixi VI. The Dispensation for Darnley . Ixxii i. The request for a dispensation, . Ixxiii ii. Rumours of a dispensation. Mary’s marriage, . Ixxix m. The first-hand evidence for the date of the dis- pensation, ..... Ixxxii iv. The ms. of the dispensation and its date, . Ixxxvii v. How did Mary manage without a dispensation ? . xci vi. Bishop’s Chisholm’s second commission, . xcviii VII. The Papal Subsidy . c VIII. Laureo’s Nunciature, .... cvii IX. The Murder of Darnley, .... cxix X. The Return of the Nuncio, . cxxii The Archives, Manuscripts, and Methods of Editing, . cxxxiv PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS SECTION I Introductory, 1557-1559. 1. Paul iv. to Mary Queen of Scots. Rome, 15 Oct. 1557, ...... 1 2. Same to Card. Trivulzio. Rome, 27 Oct. 1557, • ' 4 viii PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY 3. Card. Trivulzio to Card. A. Carafa. Morette, 12 March 1558, . ..... 9 4. Nuncio in France to Same. Poissy, 28 Nov. 1558, . 10 5. Same to Same. Paris, 4 Jan. 1559, • . .11 6. Henry n. of France to Paul iv. Paris, 29 June 1559, 13 French Ambassador at Rome to Card, of Lorraine. Rome, 17 Aug. 1559, . .20 7. Nuncio in France to Card. Carafa. Paris, 13 Aug. 1559, 25 SECTION II Pitis IV. and the Loss of Scotland, 1560 8. James Thornton to Mary of Guise. Rome, 16 Jan. 1560, 27 9. Pius iv. to Pelleve, Bishop of Amiens. Rome, 25 Jan. 1560, ...... 31 10. James Thornton to Mary of Guise. Rome, 29 Feb. 1560, 39 11. Summaries of Despatches from the Nuncio at Madrid. Madrid, 7 April to 6 Aug. 1560, . .43 12. Instructions for Nuncio to France (Gualtieri). Paris, 15 May 1560, . .45 13. French Ambassador at Rome to Francis ii. Rome, 27 May 1560, ..... 46 14. Pius iv.. Speech in Consistory. Rome, 17 Oct. 1560, . 47 15. Briefs of Pius iv. to Mary as Queen of France, 1559-1560, 48 SECTION III The Restoration of Communications with Scotland, 1560-1562 16. Instructions for Filippo Gherio, Nuncio to Spain. Rome, Dec. 1560, ...... 50 17. Prospero, Count Arco, to Emperor Ferdinand. Rome, 11 Jan. 1561, ..... 52 18. Pius iv. to Mary Queen of Scots. Rome, 6 March 1561, 53 19- Summons of Scottish Bishops to Trent. Rome, 6 March 1561, 55 CONTENTS ix 20. Pope Pius iv. to Mary Queen of Scots. Rome, 1 July 1561, ...... 56 21. Draft Instructions for Card. d’Este, Legate for France, 58 22. Summaries of Letters from Nuncio in Paris. St. Cloud, 21-30 Aug. 1561, ..... 61 23. Correspondence of Mons. Commendone with Card. Borromeo. Lubeck and Brussels, 5 Sept.-30 Dec. 1561, ...... 63 24. Pius iv. to Queen Mary. Rome, 3 Dec. 1561, . 72 25. Father Salmeron to Fa. de Gouda. Rome, 16 Dec. 1561, 75 26. Same to Father Mercurian. Rome, l6 Dec. 1561, . 78 27. Card. d’Este’s Correspondence in 1562 relating to Scotland, . .81 28. Mons. Commendone to Card. Borromeo. Ligny, 1 Jan. 1562, ...... 84 29- Pius iv. to Queen Mary. Rome, 12 Jan. 1562,. 88 30. Mons. Commendone to Card. Borromeo. Ehrenbreitstein, 21 Jan. 1562, ..... 91 31. Pius iv. to Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. Rome, 15 March 1562, . .93 32. News of Scotland, . 94 33. Father Salmeron to Father de Gouda. Rome, 2 May 1562, 100 34. Same to Father Mercurian. Rome, 2 May 1562, . 101 35. Father de Gouda to Father Salmeron. Louvain, 6 June 1562, 103 36. Pius iv. to Father Mercurian, and Father Francis Borgia to Same. Rome, 4 and 8 June 1562, . 106 37. Mons. Parpaglia to Card. Borromeo. Paris, 24 July 1562, 110 SECTION IV Reports on de Gouda's Mission, 1562-1563 38. Father de Gouda to Father Laynez. Mayence, 30 Sept. 1562, . .113 39. Thomas Randolph to Sir William Cecil. Stirling, etc., 1562, 140 X PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY PAGE 40. Memoir on the Missions of Father de Gouda in 1562, and of Father Hay in 1566, by Father William Crichton. Carpentras, 6 May 1613, . 144 41. Father de Gouda to Father Laynez. Mayence, 2 Oct. 1562, ...... 149 42. Same to Same. Louvain, 6 Dec. 1562, . 152 43. Card. Borromeo to Card, of Lorraine. Rome, 30 Dec. 1562, ...... 156 44. Father Polanco to Fa. de Gouda. Trent, 21 Jan. 1563, 158 SECTION V The Council of Trent and Lapse of Intercourse with Scotland, 1563-1565 45. Queen Mary to Card, of Lorraine. 30 Jan. 1563, . 162 Same to Pius iv. Edinburgh, 31 Jan. 1563, . 162 46. Three Versions of the Chatellar Incident. 1563, . 164 47. Queen Mary to Council of Trent, and the Conciliar Answer. St. Andrews, etc., 18 March-10 May 1563, l67 48. Proposed Recognition of Queen Mary’s Claim to the English Throne. Trent, [June] 1563, . 173 49. Instructions to Mons. Visconti. Rome, 31 Oct. 1563, . 176 50. The Nuncio at Vienna, to Card. Borromeo. Vienna, 4 Feb.-6 July 1564, . 179 51. Pius iv. Briefs to Queen Mary and others. Rome, 13 June 1564, . .181 52. Pius iv. to Queen Mary. Rome, 1 May 1565, . .188 [Card. Borromeo] to the Abp. of St. Andrews. Rome, 3 July 1565, ..... 190 SECTION VI The Dispensation for Darnley, 1565 53. Advices on the Damley Match. Paris, Rome, etc., 11 June-16 Oct. 1565, . .191 54. Cardinal of Como to Nuncio in France. Rome, 23 July .1565, ... .200 CONTENTS xi 55. Mission of the Bishop of Dunblane, . 201 Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth. Perth, 28 June 1565, . .201 Bishop of Dunblane to Pius iv., . 203 56. Pius iv.. Speech in Consistory. Rome, 1 Sept. 1565, . 210 57. Card. Pacheco to Philip n. Rome, 2 Sept. 1565, . 211 Philip ii. to Card. Pacheco. WoodofSegovia,l60ct. 1565, 213 58. Card, of Como to Card. Santa Croce. Rome, 25 Sept. 1565, . .215 59- Dispensation for the Marriage with Darnley, . 216 60. Five Briefs accompanying Dispensation. Rome, 25 to 27 Sept. 1565, . .220 61. Pius iv., Speech in Consistory. Rome, 12 Oct. 1565, . 227 62. News about Scotland by Card. Santa Croce, . 229 SECTION VII The Papal Subsidy, 1566 63. The Bishop of Dunblane’s Second Mission to Rome, . 232 Pius v. to Queen Mary. Rome, 10 Jan. 1566,. 232 64. The Bishop of Dunblane’s Negotiations in Rome, . 234 65. Discourse of a Scottish to a Spanish Ambassador, . 240 66. Classification of the Scottish Nobility in 1566, . 253 67. A Letter to Father Everard [Mercurian], . 257 68. Queen Mary to Pius v. Edinburgh, 17 July 1566, . 26l SECTION VIII The Nunciature of Vincenzo Laureo, Bishop of Mondovi, 1566-1567 69. The Preliminaries, ..... 263 70. Card, of Alessandria to the Bishop of Mondovi. Rome, 5 Aug. 1566, ..... 265 71. Bishop of Mondovi to the Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 21 Aug. 1566, ..... 266 72. Same to Same. Paris, 9 September 1566, . 278 xii PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY 73. Card, of Alessandria to Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 16 Sept. 1566, ..... 284 74. Same to Same. Rome, 30 Sept. 1566, . 285 75. Bishop of Mondovi to the Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 7 Oct. 1566,...... 288 76. Same to Same. Paris, 21 Oct. 1566, . 292 77. Card, of Alessandria to Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 28 Oct. 1566, 304 78. Bishop of Mondovi to the Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 4 Nov. 1566, ..... 305 79. Same to Same. Paris, 5 Nov. 1566, . 309 80. Same to Same (in Cipher). Paris, 12 Nov. 1566, . 310 81. Bishop of Dunblane to Card. Moroni. Rouen, 16 Nov. 1566, 315 82. Bishop of Mondovi to the Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 18 Nov. 1566, . .318 83. Same to Same. Paris, 3 Dec. 1566, . • 320 84. Queen Mary to Card. Moroni. Edin., 9 Oct. 1566, . 324 Instructions for Stephen Wilson, . 326 85. Card, of Alessandria to the Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 9 Dec. 1566, 329 86. Bishop of Mondovi to Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 15 Dec. 1566, . .331 87. Same to Same. Paris, 26 Dec. 1566, . 333 88. Same to Same. Paris, 30 Dec. 1566, . 335 89. Same to Same. Paris, 4 Jan. 1567, . • 336 90. Card, of Alessandria to Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 6 Jan. 1567,...... 337 91. Same to Same. Rome, 11 Jan. 1567, . 338 92. Same to Same. Rome, 20 Jan. 1567, . 339 93. Bishop of Mondovi to Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 24 Jan. 1567, . .340 94. Card, of Alessandria to Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 25 Jan. 1567, ...... 342 Pius v. to Queen Mary. Rome, 22 Jan. 1567,. 343 95. Card, of Alessandria to Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 3 Feb. 1567, ...... 345 CONTENTS xiii 96. Bishop of Mondovi to Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 13 Feb. 1567, 346 97. Card, of Alessandria to Bp. of Mondovi. Rome, 17 Feb. 1567, 347 SECTION IX The Murder of Darnley, 1567 98. Bishop of Mondovi to Card, of Alessandria. Paris, 22 Feb. 1567, 349 99- Same to Same. Paris, 23 Feb. 1567, . • • 352 100. Same to Same. Paris, 27 Feb. 1567, . 355 101. Same to Same. Paris, 8 March 1567, • • 359 102. Same to Same. Paris, 12 March 1567, . .361 103. Same to Same. Paris, 16 March 1567, .