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Journal of the Marie Stuart Society Journal of the Marie Stuart Society No. 69 February 2017 © Copyright Marie Stuart Society Table of Contents Picture Acknowledgements ............................................................................... 3 Society Officers ................................................................................................. 4 Obituary ............................................................................................................ 5 Regular Features .............................................................................................. 6 Editorial .............................................................................................................................. 6 News ................................................................................................................................... 7 Thoughts of the President ................................................................................................ 7 Why I am a Member ........................................................................................................... 8 Reports ............................................................................................................. 9 Visit to Traquair, 20 August 2016 ..................................................................................... 9 Visit to Temple Newsam, 18 September 2016 ............................................................... 12 Talk: Understanding the Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots, 4 October 2016 ........ 16 Christmas lunch and Scottish Branch Annual General Meeting, 26 November 2016 17 Flower Ceremony at Westminster Abbey, 3 December 2016 ...................................... 19 Reviews .......................................................................................................... 24 Book: Mary, Queen of Scots. The captive Queen in England 1568-87 by David Templeman ...................................................................................................................... 24 Play: Marie Stuart by Friedrich Schiller ......................................................................... 26 Featured Articles ............................................................................................. 28 Bolton Castle ................................................................................................................... 28 The Rich Dynastic Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots, from her Stewart Queen Ancestors ......................................................................................................................... 30 Branch Programmes ....................................................................................... 40 Scottish Branch Programme .......................................................................................... 40 English Branch Programme ........................................................................................... 40 Society Programme......................................................................................................... 40 Important Note Regarding Visits ................................................................................... 41 Notices ............................................................................................................ 41 Maquette .......................................................................................................................... 41 Chronology ...................................................................................................................... 41 Online Resources ............................................................................................................ 41 Upcoming Notable Dates ................................................................................ 43 Picture Acknowledgements Statue at Linlithgow Palace (cover) © 2016 Jerry Ozaniec reproduced by permission. Joan MacDonald From the memorial card from her service – provided by Meg Langton. Display Panel © 2016 Historic Environment Scotland reproduced by permission Pictures of Traquair © 2016 Colin McMillan reproduced by permission. Temple Newsam House and Darnley Bedroom © 2016 Cindy Kilar reproduced by permission. Pictures of Christmas lunch and Scottish Branch AGM © 2016 Colin McMillan reproduced by permission. Mary’s Tomb and the Flowers © 2016 Elisabeth Manson reproduced by permission. Bolton Castle © 2016 Anne Hall reproduced by permission. What of © 2016 WHO reproduced by permission - 3 - Society Officers Members of the General Committee President Ms Elisabeth Manson 95 Queen Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1EH e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 077 9604 4903 Treasurer Mr Ian Lumsdaine 1 Armit Place, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8RE e-mail: [email protected] Secretary Mrs Catherine Vost 43 Skaterigg Drive, Jordanhill, Glasgow G13 1SR e-mail: [email protected] Journal Editor Mr Jerry Ozaniec 25/7 Silvermills, Edinburgh EH3 5BF e-mail: [email protected] Archivist Mrs Margaret Lumsdaine 1 Armit Place, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8RE e-mail: [email protected] Branch Officers Scotland Chair Mrs Joan Brodie 38 Meadowbank Road, Kirknewton, Midlothian, EH27 8BS e-mail: [email protected] England Chair Ms Jane Collier 93 Green Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 9DJ e-mail: [email protected] England Secretary Mr Syd Whitehead Copeland, 3 Barley Close, Little Eaton, Derby DE21 5DJ e-mail: [email protected] - 4 - Obituary Joan MacDonald Many members of the Marie Stuart Society will remember Joan who died on 27 July, 2016, aged 88. Her funeral on 12 August at Oldham Crematorium was a Humanist Service; and, true to Joan’s outlook on life, the occasion was lively, even amusing in parts, and a real celebration of a life full of activity. Joan was a member of the English Branch of the Society since joining in 2001. She attended each Branch event until a few years before her demise, and was well known by members of the Scottish Branch as she rarely missed attendance at the Gatherings. She enjoyed her visits to meetings in Scotland especially, as her late husband came from Helensburgh, and she frequently adopted a Scottish accent on these occasions. Her last visit to Scotland with Joan, mid July 2016 the MSS was the English Branch visit to Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute. Joan studied textile design at the Manchester School of Art and from there joined the staff of the Great Yarmouth School of Art, and was appointed Vice-Principal when she was 27 years old. She moved to Saddleworth in 1965, and there she married Archie MacDonald, Head of the Art School in Oldham. Having made a reputation for Textile Design, she changed to become a successful Botanical Illustrator. She was particularly proud to be appointed ‘Artist in Residence’ for the MSS, and designed a set of note cards depicting buildings associated with Marie. In addition her work appeared in the Society’s Journal illustrating a number of articles. Joan’s extrovert and boisterous nature readily forged friendships that were both competitive and fiercely loyal. She will be remembered with fondness by her many friends in the MSS; and the simplest way of summing up her attributes, whatever experiences one shared with her, she was never dull. Meg Langton - 5 - Regular Features Editorial It is with sadness that we open this issue with an obituary, but I always feel that we should celebrate a life rather than lament a death, so I hope you take it in the same spirit. That said, the editor hopes that all enjoyed the fine festive season of Christmas and New Year. Mary, of course, was at Edinburgh Castle again for the little vignettes Historic Environment Scotland enjoys performing for its visitors. Once again I’d like to thank all contributors and ask that you help those members who are unable to join us at the various talks and visits by providing your own reports; the more varied voices we have, the better. They can be short or long but are most useful if accompanied with pictures that help enliven your magazine. However if you do provide pictures that are not ones to which you have the rights, please provide any necessary permissions from the copyright owners for those. And even if you do not write a report, we’d love to hear from you concerning what you would like to see included in the Journal. Hopefully you will recognise the cover photo of the statue for which our Society raised funds. Well Historic Environment Scotland is touring Scotland as part of their Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage, and Archaeology 2017; and one of their display posters has an extract from the documentary about creating the statue featuring David Annand, the sculptor as well as our statue! Note that there is a very interesting article entitled “Reassessing the complicated legacy of the much- maligned Mary Queen of Scots” online at https://goo.gl/9yDPcf. I’d be very interested in comments from members concerning this. The BBC Radio 4 programme, In Our Time, had an episode entitled Mary, Queen of Scots, on 19 January 2017 in which Melvyn Bragg and guests discussed the history of Mary. Melvyn was joined by David Forsyth (Principal Curator, Scottish Medieval-Early Modern Collections at National Museums Scotland), Anna Groundwater (Teaching Fellow in Historical Skills and Methods at the University of Edinburgh), and John Guy (Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge). It should be on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088fs7z. The deadline
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