Elizabeth Schaw (died 1640) was a Scottish courtier and a lady-in-waiting to Anne of Denmark .
117-400: Elizabeth Schaw was a daughter of Sir John Schaw of Broich and Arngomery, a niece of William Schaw , The Bishop Andrew Knox (bishop) called her his aunt. Another Elizabeth Schaw, a cousin, the wife of Henry Lindsay, 13th Earl of Crawford , was also a servant of Anne of Denmark. Elizabeth Schaw was an executor of her childless uncle William Schaw's property. Her sister married Robert Mowbray,
234-705: A French "viceroy" in her stead. His mission was abandoned, but more French troops arrived in Scotland. All seemed lost for the Protestant side until an English fleet arrived in the Firth of Forth in January 1560, which caused the French to retreat to Leith , the port of Edinburgh which Mary of Guise had re-fortified. The Lords of the Congregation began negotiations with England. John Knox
351-582: A Reformed programme of parish worship and preaching, as local communities sought out Protestant ministers. In 1558, the Regent summoned the Protestant preachers to answer for their teaching, but backed down when lairds from the west country threatened to revolt. The accession of the Protestant Elizabeth I in England in 1558 stirred the hopes and fears of Scottish Protestants. Elizabeth came to secretly support
468-447: A Roman Catholic, included the appointment of known Catholics to household offices, noting Schaw as 'Praefectum Architecturae,' his friend Alexander Seton as President of Council, and Lord Hume as the King's body guard. By this time he had acquired the barony of Sauchie. Some payments for Schaw's building work, at Falkland Palace and Stirling Castle are documented by exchequer vouchers in
585-452: A diplomatic trip to France with Lord Seton and his son Alexander Seton , a fellow Catholic with an interest in architecture. The Seton family remained supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots who was exiled in England. Schaw returned in the winter of 1584, and became involved in building work for the Seton family. In 1585 he was one of three courtiers who entertained three Danish ambassadors visiting
702-464: A family feud between Francis Mowbray , Robert's brother, and Schaw and Colville. Mowbray, an erstwhile English agent, wounded Schaw with a rapier in a quarrel, was subsequently arrested for plotting against the king, and died following an escape attempt from Edinburgh Castle . Another niece, Elizabeth Schaw of Broich, married John Murray of Lochmaben , an important courtier in the bedchamber, who became Earl of Annandale . Schaw died in 1602. He
819-627: A family feud. His death sentence was converted to banishment. Schaw was involved in discussions with the Danish ambassadors Steen Bille and Niels Krag who came to Edinburgh in May 1593 to secure Anne of Denmark's property rights. On 6 July he was appointed as Chamberlain to the Lordship of Dunfermline, which was an office of the household of Queen Anne, where he worked closely with Alexander Seton and William Fowler . This involved receipting accounts for jewels
936-569: A fayer table diamount", had belonged to Catherine Parr . The Princess Mary Tudor declined to attend her visit, though the Princess Elizabeth was present, and according to John Aylmer , unlike the other women at Edward's court she did not try to emulate the novel French " frounsed , curled and double-curled" hairstyles of Guise's Scottish retinue. On her way north to Scotland Ralph Sadler conveyed her through Hertfordshire , and she stopped at Robert Chester's house at Royston Priory and
1053-569: A further 625 gold crowns to spend on Holyrood. Schaw was also responsible for the elaborate ceremony greeting her arrival at Leith and the decoration of St Giles' Kirk with tapestry for her coronation. He subsequently became Master of Ceremonies to the court, as his epitaph carved on his tomb states. In June 1590 Schaw and his kinsman John Gibb , signed a bond in support of their relation James Gibb of Bo'ness who had fought illegally in Edinburgh near Holyrood Palace with James Boyd of Kippis in
1170-509: A garrison of French troops were stationed. One house was near Shore at the Paunch Market, afterwards called Queen Street in her honour. The former residence housed Oliver Cromwell in 1651. The building was demolished in 1849, the site, which is now a car park, lies at the south-west section of Shore Place, the new name for Queen Street. Additionally, she had a small palace on Rotten Row (now called Water Street). After her death, this went into
1287-555: A grandson of the treasurer Robert Barton , and following his death she married James Colville of East Wemyss in 1601, which caused a family feud between Francis Mowbray , Robert's brother, and Schaw and Colville. Peter Young recorded that she was one of the queen's gentlewomen or maids, and in February 1603 he named one of his daughters after her. In the years before her marriage, at court in England, Anne of Denmark gave Elizabeth Schaw gifts of her old clothing including five gowns,
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#17329014970251404-562: A man of excellent skill, notable probity, singular integrity of life, adorned with the greatest of virtues – William Schaw, Master of the King's Works, President of the Sacred Ceremonies, and the Queen's Chamberlain. He died 18th April, 1602. Among the living he dwelt fifty-two years; he had travelled in France and many other Kingdoms, for the improvement of his mind; he wanted no liberal training;
1521-612: A newly painted spear for her royal standard, Mary came to view the progress of the siege of Haddington in July 1548. On 9 July her party came in range of the English guns and sixteen of her entourage were killed around her. Following this terrifying incident, Mary gave one of her gunners at Haddington, Andro Straitoun, a reward of a month's wages, £4 Scots . By the resolution of the Scottish Parliament made at Haddington Abbey on 7 July,
1638-735: A personal letter pleading for her hand and counsel, Mary eventually relented and agreed to marry the King of Scots. Following the new queen's arrival in Scotland, James and Mary were married in person in June 1538 at St Andrews Cathedral . Mary was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey on 22 February 1540, and the marriage produced three children in quick succession: James, Duke of Rothesay ; Robert, Duke of Albany; and Mary . Both sons died in April 1541, just 14 hours apart, and when James V himself died in December 1542, his only surviving heir, Mary, became Queen of Scots at
1755-641: A policy of accommodation towards her Protestant subjects, though she was ultimately unable to prevent the Scottish Reformation . Mary was born at Bar-le-Duc , Lorraine , the eldest daughter of Claude, Duke of Guise , head of the House of Guise , and his wife Antoinette of Bourbon , herself the daughter of Francis, Count of Vendome , and Marie de Luxembourg . Among her 11 siblings were Francis, Duke of Guise ; Claude, Duke of Aumale ; Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ; and Louis I, Cardinal of Guise . When Mary
1872-468: A replacement. From August 1553, she wrote to the French ambassador in London, Antoine de Noailles , using cipher code. Mary herself became regent on 12 April 1554 at a meeting of Parliament. Henri Cleutin is said to have placed the crown on her head, although the nature of any ceremony is uncertain. The eleven-year-old Queen Mary sent her congratulations to "la Royne, ma mere" ("the Queen, my mother") from
1989-466: A rumour that Henry VIII now wished to make Mary of Guise his sixth wife. He confronted Mary with this and she prevaricated, learning from him (as she had already guessed) that he told everything to Sadler. She then sent her confidant Lord Fleming to Sadler to report the conversation. In turn, Sadler relayed to Henry VIII his account of "every man's tale whereby your grace may perceive the perplexed state of affairs in Scotland." In July 1543 she moved with
2106-510: A satin doublet, and a skirt. She was able to submit petitions for favours to the queen. The queen's secretary William Fowler wrote out a letter to her on behalf of one Elizabeth Hoby. On one occasion, Fowler wrote to the Queen asking to hear her reply from either Schaw or Jean Drummond . She married John Murray of the bedchamber and of Lochmaben , probably in 1611, and in England was known as Mrs Murray, and later Countess of Annandale. The couple were an important conduit for Scottish appeals to
2223-633: A second French bride to further the interests of the Franco-Scottish alliance against England . According to a 17th-century writer, William Drummond of Hawthornden , James V had noticed the attractions of Mary when he went to France to meet Madeleine and Mary of Bourbon , and she was next in his affections. It is known that Mary had attended the wedding of James and Madeleine. Henry VIII of England , whose third wife Jane Seymour had just died, also asked for Mary's hand in an attempt to frustrate James's plan. In December 1537, Henry VIII told Castillon ,
2340-478: A secure Catholic country. Some modern historians such as Pamela E. Ritchie believe that the change to Guise's policy was not dramatic, but both Catholic and Protestant would perceive and react to the tense political situation. As the Scottish Reformation crisis was developing, Henry II died on 10 July 1559, and Mary Stuart became Queen Consort of France. In France, Mary and Francis II began to publicly display
2457-594: A ship, troops and a cannon to help the Earl of Sutherland arrest Iye du Mackay, Lord Reay , who had caused mischief in Sutherland. With much less success the Earls of Huntly and Argyll were despatched to pass with fire and sword to Moidart and Lewis . Huntly's failure led to his imprisonment. During another progress in 1556 she visited Inverness , Ross, Elgin , Banff and Aberdeen . One measure made by Parliament in June 1555
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#17329014970252574-419: A significant advance in the organisation of the craft, with shires constituting an intermediate level of organisation. These "territorial" lodges ran parallel to another set of civic organisations, incorporations, often linking masons with other workers in the building trades, such as wrights . While in some places ( Stirling and Dundee ), the lodges and incorporations became indistinguishable, in other places
2691-417: A steeple, and a porch at the north door, added some of the external buttresses and fitted the interior for Presbyterian worship as a burgh and Parish church between 1594 and 1599. Schaw spent other sums of money on the palaces allocated from the subsidy Elizabeth gave to James VI . James VI and Anna built a new Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle in 1594, which has no documented association with Schaw, but
2808-589: A tax used for defence, including the fortification of Inchkeith . Some contributions were paid directly to the master of works , William MacDowall . Mary of Guise employed an Italian military engineer from Siena, Lorenzo Pomarelli, during the six years of her regency. Domestic efforts were hampered by the outbreak of international conflict in January 1557 and war with England. An apparent set-back to Guise's command occurred in October, when she went south to Hume Castle and sent an army towards England. Instructed to cross
2925-602: A tour of Scotland with Esmé's son, Ludovic, Duke of Lennox , taking him to Fife and Ravenscraig Castle , Dundee, Stirling Castle, and on a trip to the Bass Rock . He provided furnishings for the pregnant queen at Dalkeith Palace , and in September met an English Catholic exile George More who came to Dalkeith. His niece married Robert Mowbray, a grandson of the treasurer Robert Barton , and following his death she married James Colville of East Wemyss in 1601, which caused
3042-404: A visit to the shrine of St Adrian could help a woman become pregnant, and Mary of Guise made a note of her pilgrimages in Scotland. She was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey on 22 February 1540. Preparations for her coronation had begun in October 1539 when the jeweller John Mosman made a new crown from Scottish gold and her silver sceptre was gilded. Payments made for the ceremony include
3159-584: A white sheet, on a bed hung with black satin, attended by her ladies-in-waiting. Her body was then wrapped in lead and rested in a coffin on a bier in St Margaret's Chapel in Edinburgh Castle for several months. The chapel was hung with black cloth with a white taffeta cross above the body. On 18 March 1561, it was secretly carried from the castle at midnight and shipped to France. Mary, Queen of Scots attended her funeral at Fécamp in July 1561. Mary of Guise
3276-413: Is known as Lamb's House . Following James V's death in 1542, the government of Scotland was first entrusted to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran , as regent . Henry VIII of England wished the infant Mary to marry his son, Prince Edward . This led to internal conflicts in Scotland between those who favoured the marriage and those who preferred the alliance with France and led to an English invasion,
3393-640: The Articles of Leith at Leith Links on 25 July 1559 which promised religious tolerance, then withdrew to Stirling. In September, the previous regent, the 2nd Earl of Arran, with the safe return of his son , accepted the leadership of the Lords of the Congregation and established a provisional government. However, Mary of Guise was reinforced by professional French troops. Some of these troops established themselves at Kinghorn in Fife, and after they destroyed Hallyards Castle ,
3510-638: The Château de Meudon at Easter, where she was staying with her grandmother and her uncle, the Cardinal of Lorraine . In many affairs, Mary of Guise consulted her brothers in France—the Cardinal of Lorraine, and Francis, Duke of Guise , both of whom held government positions in France—so that Scotland and France worked as allies in dealing with other nations. Henry II's representative in Scotland from 1546 to 1560
3627-580: The Grand Chamberlain of France , at the Louvre Palace . Their union turned out to be happy, but brief. On 30 October 1535, Mary gave birth to her first son, Francis , but on 9 June 1537, Louis died at Rouen and left her a pregnant widow at the age of 21. For the rest of her life, Mary kept the last letter from her bon mari et ami (her good husband and friend) Louis, which mentioned his illness and explained his absence at Rouen. It can still be seen at
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3744-559: The National Library of Scotland . On 4 August 1537, Mary gave birth to their second son, who was named Louis after his deceased father. Louis died very young, but Francis wrote letters to his mother in Scotland. On 22 March 1545 he sent a piece of string to show how tall he was, and on 2 July 1546 he sent her his portrait. Later, in 1537, Mary became the focus of marriage negotiations with James V of Scotland , who had lost his first wife, Madeleine of Valois , to tuberculosis, and wanted
3861-591: The National Records of Scotland . A record of the building work at the Palace of Holyroodhouse he supervised in 1599 survives. The works involved masons, slaters, plumbers, and joiners making repairs to the court and the king's kitchens, the steeple and clock, and the King's billiard table, and other alterations to the palace. Schaw signed off the account weekly with his name, or as "Maistir of Wark". On 8 July 1601, James VI sent William to consult with Master John Gordon on
3978-566: The Treaty of Greenwich , and at the end of 1543 he launched the war now called the Rough Wooing, hoping to turn the situation around. In 1544 she spearheaded an unsuccessful attempt to replace Arran as regent. After a Scottish defeat at the Battle of Pinkie in September 1547, French military aid weakened English resolve and increased the power base of Mary of Guise, who remained in Scotland. Equipped with
4095-832: The art of memory may be taken as a direct reference to renaissance esotericism . William Fowler , the poet, who had been a colleague of Schaw both in his trip to Denmark and at Dunfermline, in Anne of Denmark's household, had instructed both the King and Queen in the technique. Indeed, Fowler had met Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno at the house of Michel de Castelnau in London in the 1580s. The art of memory constituted an important element of Bruno's magical system. The statutes also address practical matters like health & safety concerns while working at heights. In his eighteenth article Schaw recommended that; All masters or "interprisaris of warkis be verray cairfull to see thair skaffaldis and fute-gangis (platforms) surelie sett and placeit, to
4212-409: The "dames" or married women are; Lady Arran, Lady Cassillis (senior), Lady Erskine, Lady Elphinston, Lady Livingston and Coullombe (senior). The unmarried "demoiselles" were Margaret Hume, Margery Livingston, Jean Elphinston, Jean Murray, Annabell Murray , Margaret Steward, Anne Scot, Margery Kirkcaldy, Coullombe, Barbara Sandilands, Barbara Kennedy, Cassillis, Crespy, Crespanville, with Elizabeth Murray
4329-716: The First Sinclair Statutes as they supposedly confirm the role of the lairds of Roslin as patrons and protectors of the craft. Once again it would suggest that Schaw's proposed reorganisation of the craft had encountered some problems. Indeed, it presaged an ongoing struggle between the Master of Works and the Sinclairs, which Schaw's successors in the post continued, following his death in 1602. Mary of Guise Mary of Guise ( French : Marie de Guise ; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine ,
4446-431: The French ambassador in London, that he was big in person and had need of a big wife. Allegedly, given Henry's marital history—banishing his first wife and beheading the second—Mary refused the offer by saying: "I may be a big woman, but I have a very little neck." This is said to have been a reference to the famously macabre jest made by Henry's French-educated second wife, Anne Boleyn , who had joked before her death that
4563-507: The French at Leith . As the fighting continued, the English ambassador in France Nicholas Throckmorton praised Guise for having the "hart of a man of warre" and the English bishop John Jewel described her as "a woman with a man's courage". After an English assault on Leith was repulsed with heavy losses, some of the leaders of the Lords of the Congregation came to Edinburgh Castle on 12 May 1560 and had dinner with Mary and
4680-504: The French commissioners were unwilling to make a treaty with the insurgent Lords of the Congregation, they offered the Scots certain concessions from King Francis and Queen Mary, including the right to summon a parliament according to use and custom. The effect of the treaty was to leave power in the hands of the pro-English Protestants. Amongst records of her expenses and household there is a list of her ladies-in-waiting. The names (modernised) of
4797-616: The French. She brought with her a large retinue of Scottish gentlemen, including the earls of Huntly , Cassillis , Sutherland , Marischal and Wigtown , plus lords Home and Maxwell , and the bishops of Caithness and Galloway . Historians have analysed the Scottish retinue as a team-building exercise for Mary. Over the winter she stayed with the French court at Blois , then spent the summer with Henry II visiting Tours , Angers and Nantes . She bought fabrics and clothes from Robert Fichepain and René Tardif. At Amboise in April, Mary
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4914-659: The Highlands with James on a hunting trip to Glen Finglas , with six ladies-in-waiting . The Duchess of Guise sent her masons, including Nicolas Roy , miners and an armourer. She had a French painter, Pierre Quesnel , to decorate her palaces. Her household included a dwarf and a fool who were both dressed in green. In December 1538, the court was at Falkland Palace , and her ladies in waiting were given gowns of purple or black velvet, with white taffeta, red damask, or black satin skirts. Her serving women got gowns of Paris black and French brown cloth. Wild boar were sent to stock
5031-564: The King. Anne Livingstone , Countess of Eglinton, wrote to her in 1615, addressing the letter to "My Dear and loving Brother". The poet David Murray of Gorthy delivered the letters from London. She returned to Scotland on leave from the household in 1613 and visited several places including Falkland Palace and stayed with her friend Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar at Alloa Tower . The lawyer Thomas Hamilton wrote to her husband, "she hopes to take well with her natural air, and nevertheless intends to make goodly haste to you, and to come as near
5148-554: The Lords of the Congregation. In January 1559, the anonymous Beggars' Summons threatened friars with eviction in favour of beggars. This was calculated to appeal to the passions of the populace of towns who appeared to have particular complaints against friars. Fearing disorder and now determined by circumstance to show less tolerance, the Regent summoned the reformed preachers to appear before her at Stirling on 10 May. Insurrection followed. The men of Angus assembled in Dundee to accompany
5265-542: The Provost of Edinburgh to provide Schaw with the "many good craftsmen" necessary to complete the repairs at the Palace of Holyroodhouse . David Moysie , a contemporary writer, wrote in his Memoir that Schaw also brought news that Anne of Denmark was pregnant, and Chancellor Maitland included this news in a letter to Robert Bruce. Anne of Denmark may have suffered a miscarriage at Dunfermline Palace in September 1590, where she
5382-399: The Queen bought from the goldsmith George Heriot , collecting rents 'feumaills' from her lands including the rents of Ross, Ardmanoch, and Ettrick Forest, and sometimes auditing the queen's household accounts kept by Harry Lindsay of Kinfauns for Sir George Home of Wedderburn . Alterations at Dunfermline Abbey were attributed to William Schaw's direction. He was said to have built
5499-470: The Regent's ambassadors were the Earl of Argyll and Lord James Stewart, Earl of Moray , both professed Protestants. When the Regent stationed French mercenaries in Perth, both abandoned her and joined the Lords of the Congregation at St Andrews, where they were also joined by John Knox. Even Edinburgh soon fell to them in July, as Mary retreated to Dunbar . The Congregation Lords made a truce with Guise and signed
5616-457: The Royal Court, principally through being keepers of the King's wine cellar. The Broich family was involved in a scandal in 1560, when John Schaw was accused of murdering the servant of another laird. William's father was denounced as a rebel and his property forfeited when he and his family failed to appear at court, but the family were soon re-instated. At this time William may have been a page at
5733-464: The Scottish court at Dunfermline and St Andrews . In 1588 Schaw was amongst a group of Catholics ordered to appear before the Edinburgh Presbytery , and English agents reported him as being a suspected Jesuit and holding anti-English views during the 1590s. He met an English Catholic, George More at Dalkeith Palace in September 1598. In September 1591 Richard Cockburn of Clerkington
5850-470: The Scottish retinue for signs of dissent, reported, "the Dowager of Scotland maketh all this court weary of her, such an importunate beggar is she for herself. The king would fain be rid of her. The trucking is about money matters". While accompanying her to Dieppe on her return, her son Francis died at Amiens on 22 September 1551. In October 1551, she met Edward VI in England. Mary landed at Portsmouth and
5967-505: The age of six days old. James V's death thrust Mary of Guise into the political arena as mother of the infant Queen of Scots, with the government of Scotland entrusted to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran , as regent during the early years of the minority and the Rough Wooing . With the Treaty of Haddington in 1548, the child queen Mary was betrothed to Francis , the Dauphin of France , and
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#17329014970256084-495: The ancient heroines Tomyris , Semiramis and Penthesilea . After negotiating on Christmas Day 1549 at Stirling Castle for more French guns for the siege of Broughty Castle , she showed more prudence by watching the successful assault on Wednesday 6 February 1550 from a vantage point across the Tay. Paul de Thermes led the French troops, 240 were injured and 50 killed. The garrison surrendered six days later at midnight. Mary of Guise
6201-559: The armoury at Leith up to Edinburgh Castle to fire salutes on her return. In December 1552, Mary of Austria, Queen of Hungary , sister of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V , pointed out to Mary that her diplomatic complaints had no force and must come from Arran. Furthermore, she was dissatisfied by Mary's evident friendship with France. Mary's power was increasing. In May 1553, the imperial ambassador in London, Jean Scheyfve , heard she had challenged Arran's regency and proposed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray , her illegitimate step-son, as
6318-419: The arms of England in their blazon . This too was a motivation for English intervention in Scottish affairs. In 1557, a group of Scottish lords who became known as the " Lords of the Congregation " drew up a covenant to "maintain, set forth, and establish the most blessed Word of God and his Congregation". This was followed by outbreaks of iconoclasm in 1558/59. At the same time, plans were being drawn up for
6435-409: The border and attack Wark Castle, the Scottish lords held their own council at Eckford and returned home. Efforts for peace between England and Scotland were helped by the efforts of Christophe d'Assonleville, a diplomat sent to England and Scotland by Philip II of Spain who was joint ruler of England at that time (husband of Queen Mary Tudor). The Scottish armed presence on the border was reduced in
6552-603: The child Mary was sent to France in August 1548 to be raised with her husband-to-be, the dauphin Francis , son of Henry II of France . Guise first planned to sail with Mary from Dumbarton as far as Whithorn where she would make pilgrimage. Instead, she returned for a council meeting in Edinburgh. At this time, the dedication of the Scottish book, The Complaynt of Scotland , recalled Mary of Guise's descent from Godfrey de Bouillon and claimed her courage and virtue exceeded those of
6669-425: The child was sickly. Sadler wrote that the infant was "as goodly a child I have seen, and like to live". Guise reminded him of Regent Arran's plans to have his son James Hamilton marry Princess Elizabeth . Guise tried to get Sadler to intercede with Regent Arran to release her ally Cardinal Beaton from imprisonment, alleging his political expertise could be employed to mutual benefit. In April 1543, Arran heard
6786-513: The child. William Schaw William Schaw (c. 1550–1602) was Master of Works to James VI of Scotland for building castles and palaces, and is claimed to have been an important figure in the development of Freemasonry in Scotland . William Schaw was the second son of John Schaw of Broich, and grandson of Sir James Schaw of Sauchie . Broich is now called Arngomery , a place at Kippen in Stirlingshire. The Schaw family had links to
6903-471: The construction of a monument to the King's rescue from the Gowrie House conspiracy the previous year. James VI wrote to Gordon that William would "conferre with yow thairanent, that ye maye agree upon the forme, devyse, and superscriptionis." In March 1589, Schaw was granted £1000 Scots of tax money to begin repairs at Holyroodhouse in advance of the reception of the bride of James V, Anne of Denmark . He
7020-425: The convent and prepared her for life at the French court. In 1531, Mary made her first appearance and debut at the wedding of Francis I and Eleanor of Austria . She established a friendship with the king's daughters Madeleine (whom she would later succeed as Queen of Scots) and Margaret . On 4 August 1534, at the age of 18, she became Duchess of Longueville by marrying Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville ,
7137-480: The court of Mary of Guise , as a page of that name received an outfit of black mourning cloth when Mary of Guise died. William the page would have been in Edinburgh Castle with the Regent's court during the siege of Leith , while the Master of Work, William MacDowall , was strengthening the castle's defences. The name "William Schaw" appears again in a 1580 note about courtiers made by an informant or spy at
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#17329014970257254-429: The craft, and a book-keeping arrangement was set up to keep track of this. Six master masons and two entered apprentices had to be present for a master or fellow of the craft to be admitted. Various other rules were laid out for the running of the lodge, supervision of work, and fines for non-attendance at lodge meetings. The first point of the new statutes was that master masons in Scotland should; "observe and keep all
7371-452: The dowry. Mary received the news with shock and alarm, as she did not wish to leave family and country, especially as she had just lost her first husband and her younger son. Reportedly, her father tried to delay matters, apparently until James, perhaps sensing her reluctance, wrote to her, appealing for her advice and support. However, the authenticity of this letter, which was first produced in 1935, has been questioned. David Beaton (who
7488-480: The effect that throw thair negligence and sleuth (laziness), na hurt or skaith cum unto persons that works at the said work, under the pain of discharging of thame thairafter to work as masters havand charge of ane work." Two letters were drawn up in 1600 and 1601 and involved the lodges of Dunfermline, St Andrews , Edinburgh, Aitchison's Haven and Haddington , and were signed by Schaw himself in his capacity of Master of Works (but not General Warden). They are known as
7605-427: The executioner would find killing her easy because she had "a little neck". King Francis I of France accepted James's proposal over Henry's and conveyed his wishes to Mary's father. Francis had a marriage contract prepared that offered James a dowry as large as if Mary had been born a princess of France. Mary's mother found the contract "marvellously strange", because the king had included Mary's son's inheritance in
7722-1004: The first instalment of his salary £166-13s-4d as 'grete Mr of wark in place of Sir Robert Drummond' in November. The replacement of the incumbent Robert Drummond of Carnock with Schaw, known as a Roman Catholic , may have been a reaction to the Ruthven Raid that had removed Lennox from power. By the terms of his appointment, Schaw for the rest of his life was to be; 'Grit maister of wark of all and sindrie his hienes palaceis, biggingis and reparationis, – and greit oversear, directour and commander of quhatsumevir police devysit or to be devysit for our soverane lordis behuif and plessur.' or, in modern spelling; 'Great master of work of all and sundry his highness' palaces, building works and repairs, – and great overseer, director and commander of whatsoever policy devised or to be devised for our sovereign lord's behalf and pleasure.' In November 1583 Schaw travelled on
7839-501: The first months of 1558. Mary's regency was threatened, however, by the growing influence of the Scottish Protestants . To an extent she had tolerated the growing number of Protestant preachers. She needed to win support for her pro-French policies, and they could expect no alternative support from England at a time when Mary Tudor ruled. The marriage of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots , to the dauphin of France on 24 April 1558
7956-492: The fortifications of the realm. After the Treaty was signed, Mary was able to travel to France to see her family. Mary left Scotland on 6 September 1550 and arrived at Dieppe in time to participate in a festival with the French court at Rouen with her daughter on 1 October 1550. At Rouen, Mary and the Queen of Scots rode in procession behind soldiers carrying banners depicting Scottish fortresses recently defended and recovered by
8073-399: The good ordinances set down of before, concerning the privileges of their craft, to their predecessours of good memory, and specially, they be true one to another, and live charitably together, as becomes sworn brothers and companions of craft." The statutes were agreed by all the master masons present, and arrangements were made to send a copy to every lodge in Scotland. The statute indicates
8190-662: The hanging of tapestries ; carrying church furnishings from the Palace chapel into the Abbey; the attendance of eleven chaplains; boards for stages in the Abbey; and messengers sent to summon the ladies of the kingdom. A salute of 30 guns was fired from David's Tower in Edinburgh Castle , and there were fireworks devised by James and made by his royal gunners. James and Mary had two sons: James, Duke of Rothesay (born 22 May 1540 at St Andrews), and Robert, Duke of Albany (born and baptised on 12 April 1541); however, they died 14 hours apart on 21 and 20 April, respectively, in 1541, when James
8307-460: The house of William Kirkcaldy of Grange , Mary (according to Knox) declared, "Where is now John Knox's God? My God is now stronger than his, yea, even in Fife." In November, the rebels were driven back to Stirling. Fighting continued in Fife. Mary of Guise, troubled by illness, contemplated resigning the Regency, and returning to France. René II de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf was appointed to rule as
8424-501: The house of the Dowager Duchess of Suffolk at Grimsthorpe Castle near Stamford . Arran summoned some of the barons of East Lothian to meet her at Berwick, and the gentlemen of Selkirk , Jedburgh and Duns, Scottish Borders , Peebles and Lauder , Haddington, Dunbar and North Berwick were summoned to meet her at Our Lady Kirk of Steill on 24 November 1551. Six cart loads of breech-loading cannon chambers were brought from
8541-421: The incorporation linked the trade to the burgh , and became a mechanism whereby the merchants exercised some control over the wages of the building trades. In places like Edinburgh, where the proliferation of wooden buildings meant a predominance of wrights, the territorial lodge offered a form of craft self-governance distinct from the incorporation. Also, the masons and wrights used differing ceremonial motifs, at
8658-413: The infant Mary to Stirling Castle . When Ralph Sadler spoke to her again in August, Guise assured him the English marriage would go ahead when Mary was ten years old. In the meantime Mary was safe at Stirling; Guise said she was glad to be at Stirling, and "much she praised there about the house." It soon became clear to Henry VIII that Mary and Edward would not be married, despite Scottish promises and
8775-456: The keeper of the castle, Lord Erskine . They discussed a plan that had been previously discussed, in which Mary would have travelled to France and met Elizabeth in England, and her brother would have been made viceroy in Scotland. The Lords again complained about Frenchmen being appointed to Scottish government posts. Negotiations to end the siege of Leith and demolish new fortifications at Dunbar Castle continued. The talks ended when permission
8892-469: The lodges of Scotland in general. Kilwinning Lodge was given regional authority for west Scotland, its previous practices were confirmed, various administrative functions were specified and the officials of the lodge were enjoined to ensure that all craft fellows and apprentices "tak tryall of the art of memorie ". More generally, rules were laid down for proper record keeping of the lodges, with specific fees being laid down. The statutes state that Kilwinning
9009-545: The lordships of Galloway , Ardmannoch and the Isles . Finally, Mary accepted the offer and made hurried plans for departure. The proxy wedding of James V and Mary of Guise was held on 9 May 1538 in the Sainte Chapelle at the Château de Châteaudun . Some 2,000 Scottish lords and barons came from Scotland aboard a fleet of ships under Lord Maxwell to attend. Lord Maxwell brought a diamond ring and stood as proxy for James V at
9126-732: The master masons gathered that day. Schaw's first statutes root themselves in the Old Charges , with additional material to describe a hierarchy of wardens, deacons and masters. This structure would ensure that masons did not take on work which they were not competent to complete, and ensured a lodge warden would be elected by the master masons, through whom the general warden could keep in touch with each particular lodge. Master masons were only permitted to take on three apprentices during their lifetime (without special dispensation), and they would be bound to their masters for seven years. A further seven years would have to elapse before they could be taken into
9243-465: The memory of this most excellent and most upright man, lest his virtues, worthy of eternal commendation, should pass away with the death of his body." Elizabeth Shaw and James Schaw were William's executors. In 1612 the Privy Council of Scotland searched the accounts and found he was still owed his annual fee for several years. The council wrote to the king that he had been, "in his lyftime, and during
9360-418: The ownership of Andrew Lamb, and it is almost certainly for this reason that her daughter Mary, Queen of Scots , visited on her return to Scotland in 1561. This house was demolished in 1830 to build a whisky warehouse, but Mary's memory lived on in the name of the "Mary of Guise Buildings". The latter was demolished around 1995 and was replaced by a small block of flats. A surviving, later 16th-century residence,
9477-668: The park at Falkland from Elbeuf near Rouen , and Mary of Guise's younger brother René II de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf later became an enthusiast for boar hunt with dogs and toiles, known as le vautrait . On 24 August 1539 Mary and James V made a pilgrimage to the Isle of May in the Forth . They took three ships, the Unicorn , the Little Unicorn and the Mary Willoughby . It was believed that
9594-494: The preachers to Stirling, and on 4 May they were joined by John Knox , who had recently arrived from France. Stirred by Knox's sermons in Perth and Dundee, the mob sacked religious houses (including the tomb of James I in Perth). In response, the Regent marched on Perth, but was forced to withdraw and negotiate when another reformed contingent arrived from the west at Cupar Muir . Among
9711-529: The queen's support for her and her husband, to the Countess of Eglinton. King James authorised payment of her pension for attending Anna of Denmark on 14 November 1622. She had three daughters. Their son James (d. 1658), later Earl of Annandale and Viscount Stormont, was baptised in the Chapel Royal at Holyrood Palace on 19 August 1617, William Couper preached and Anne Livingstone, Countess of Eglinton, presented
9828-451: The resentment of the Scottish nobility at these appointments fuelled the coming crisis. Mary quickly began to deal effectively with Scottish affairs. In July 1554, she travelled to Jedburgh to hold a Justice Ayre for a fortnight, hoping to quell the longstanding feud between the Scott and Kerr border clans. She was escorted by armed horsemen commanded by Cleutin. In the autumn she paid for
9945-585: The respective events. The role of deacon provided a link between these incorporations and the lodges. Copies of the statute (along with the Second Shaw Statute) were written into the minutes of the Lodges of Edinburgh and Aitchison's Haven , near Prestonpans . The Second Schaw Statutes were signed on 28 December 1599, at Holyroodhouse and consisted of fourteen separate statutes. Some of these were addressed specifically to Lodge Mother Kilwinning , others to
10062-442: The royal court, the letter was sent to England. Schaw was described as the "clock-keeper" amongst followers of the King's favourite Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox , while another man, the master hunter, John Hume was the keeper of " ratches ", an old word meaning a kind of tenacious hunting scent hound . Schaw signed the negative confession whereby courtiers pledged allegiance to the Scottish Reformation . On 11 April 1581, he
10179-411: The so-called Rough Wooing . Guise told English diplomat Ralph Sadler that Regent Arran was a "simple man" and she could easily find out his "whole intent". At first Mary of Guise stayed at Linlithgow Palace . Sadler visited her on 22 March 1543 to see the infant Mary for the first time. Guise showed him the infant out of her swaddling, to show the child was healthy, because Arran had spread rumours
10296-468: The term appointed by her majesty as she may ... she must give this time to her friends who are desirous to salute and welcome her to the country." In July 1615 she was involved in an incident in court politics when Henry Gibb , a new and minor servant of the king, delivered her a scandalous letter from Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset , the Lord Chamberlain , for the queen. She sent news of this, and
10413-537: The twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise , and Antoinette of Bourbon , in 1534 Mary was married to Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville , the Grand Chamberlain of France . The marriage was arranged by King Francis I of France , but proved shortlived. The Duke of Longueville died in 1537, and the widower kings of England and Scotland, Henry VIII and James V, both sought the Duchess of Longueville's hand. After much persuasion from Francis I and James V, who wrote
10530-436: The tyme of his service, he wes a most painefull, trustye, and welle affectit servand to your majestie." On 28 December 1598 Schaw, in his capacity of Master of Works and General Warden of the master stonemasons, issued "The Statutis and ordinananceis to be obseruit by all the maister maoissounis within this realme." The preamble states that the statutes were issued with the consent of a craft convention, simply specified as all
10647-462: The wedding ceremony on 9 May 1538. Maxwell, and the other lords and barons who had come to France, travelled back to Scotland with Mary, who sailed from Le Havre on 10 June 1538, leaving behind her three-year-old son, Francis, Duke of Longueville. She landed in Scotland 6 days later at Crail in Fife . She came in a fleet of three French galleys commanded by Jacques de Fountaines, Sieur de Mormoulins. She
10764-539: Was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V . She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise , a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France . As the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots , she was a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked mid-16th-century Scotland , ruling the kingdom as queen regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560. The eldest of
10881-501: Was admitted as a Lord of Session . According to the English ambassador Robert Bowes , Cockburn had been "Master of Ceremonies" and this office was transferred to William Schaw. These appointments followed the death of Lewis Bellenden . An account of the baptism and banquet for Prince Charles on 23 December 1600 mentions that Schaw was absent, and the role of Master of Ceremonies was taken by two other men. In May 1596 an English paper listing reasons to suspect James VI of being himself
10998-524: Was amongst the courtiers who accompanied James VI to Denmark to fetch his queen in October. He returned on 15 or 16 March 1590, ahead of the rest of the party to prepare for their subsequent return. He brought King James's letter written on 19 February at Kronborg to the Privy Council and his request that the Provost of Edinburgh , John Arnot , to supply him with a ship and good mariners. James VI also asked
11115-587: Was an ambassador resident, Henri Cleutin , who had been effectively in charge of Scotland during her trip to France. During her regency (1554–60), Frenchmen were put in charge of the treasury and the Great Seal , while the French ambassador sometimes attended the Privy Council . Yves de Rubay was Master of Requests and Keeper of the Seals and Bartholomew de Villemore was Comptroller and Receiver-General of Revenue. Although Cleutin seems to have been universally popular,
11232-469: Was assassinated (by poisoning ), either by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England or possibly by others protecting the Queen's interests without any direct order from the Queen. However, no evidence supports such allegations, and there was an autopsy the day after she died. Mary's death was evidently from natural causes, since she herself complained she had become lame from the swelling of her legs in April and diagnosed herself as having dropsy. The swelling
11349-480: Was attended by the physician Martin Schöner and a midwife. William Schaw brought with him a Danish locksmith called Frederick who would join the queen's household. Schaw busied himself repairing Holyrood Palace and Dunfermline Palace which had been assigned to the queen. He was given £1,000 Scots from tax money raised in Edinburgh for the royal marriage to spend on the repairs at Holyroodhouse. Queen Elizabeth gave
11466-454: Was confirmed by her enemy, John Knox, who wrote that in May, "began hir bellie and lothsome leggis to swell." Even in the political climate of the 16th century, in which some royal deaths were suspected to have been murders, none of Mary's contemporaries saw signs of "foul play" in her death. The Regent's death made way for the Treaty of Edinburgh , in which France and England agreed they would each withdraw their troops from Scotland. Although
11583-621: Was excluded, as his published tract The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women , although it aimed at Mary I of England , rendered him unacceptable to the newly crowned Elizabeth I . The Treaty of Berwick , signed in February, agreed that England would act jointly with the Protestant Lords to expel the French. Elizabeth I, sent an English land army into Scotland to join their Scottish allies in besieging
11700-599: Was five, she was godmother to her younger sister Louise. Not long afterward, she joined her grandmother Philippa of Guelders in the convent of the Poor Clares at Pont-à-Mousson . Mary grew to be exceptionally tall by the standards of her time and reached a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 metres). Her mother mentioned that she suffered from bad colds. When she was about 14 her uncle Antoine, Duke of Lorraine , and aunt Renée of Bourbon visited her. Impressed by their niece's qualities and stature, they took her away from
11817-445: Was formally received by the king at St Andrews a few days later amid pageants and plays performed in her honour. James and Mary were married in person at St Andrews Cathedral on 18 June 1538. James's mother Margaret Tudor wrote to her brother Henry VIII in July, "I trust she will prove a wise Princess. I have been much in her company, and she bears herself very honourably to me, with very good entertaining." In August Mary went into
11934-636: Was given a valuable gift of rights over the lands in Kippen belonging to the Grahams of Fintry. In May 1583, he was in Paris at the death of the exiled Esmé Stewart and it was said that he took Esmé's heart back to Scotland. On 21 December 1583, James VI appointed Schaw principal Maister o' Wark (Master of Works) to the Crown of Scotland for life, with responsibility for all royal castles and palaces. Schaw had already been paid
12051-512: Was given, by the King, an escort of gentlemen to accompany her to London. She stayed her first night at Southwick Priory . On her way to London she stopped at Warblington , Cowdray , Hampton Court , where she was entertained by the Marquess and Marchioness of Northampton , and Fulham Palace . At his meeting with Mary at Whitehall Palace , Edward gave her a diamond ring and two horses with trappings of russet gold tinsel . The ring, "sett with
12168-492: Was ineffective and caused problems and resentment. The offices of Deacon of the Crafts in burgh councils was abolished. This may have pleased influential merchants. Mary of Guise went to Perth to meet dissenters who disputed the right of craftsmen to be elected to the burgh council. Subsequently, the legislation was repealed. Scotland's burgh craft incorporations rewarded Guise for this reverse in policy by agreeing to contribute to
12285-403: Was interred at the church of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames, Reims , where Mary's sister Renée was abbess . A marble tomb was erected with a bronze statue of Mary, in royal robes, holding a sceptre and the rod of justice in one hand. The tomb was destroyed during the French revolution. Of Mary's five children, only her daughter Mary survived her. In modern times, there has been speculation that Mary
12402-492: Was made a cardinal in 1538) travelled to France for the marriage negotiations. He wrote to James V from Lyon on 22 October 1537 that Mary was "stark (strong), well complexioned, and fit to travel". Beaton wrote that the Duke of Guise was "marvellous desirous of the expedition and hasty end of the matter", and had already consulted with his brother, the Duke of Lorraine , and Mary herself, who
12519-422: Was most skilful in architecture; was early recommended to great persons for the singular gifts of his mind; and was not only unwearied and indefatigable in labours and business, but constantly active and vigorous, and was most dear to every good man who knew him. He was born to do good offices, and thereby to gain the hearts of men; now he lives eternally with God. Queen Anne ordered this monument to be erected to
12636-769: Was nearly one year old and Robert was nine days old. Mary's mother Antoinette of Bourbon wrote that the couple was still young and should hope for more children. She thought a change of wet nurse and over-feeding contributed. The third and last child of the union was a daughter Mary , who was born on 8 December 1542. James died six days later, making the infant Mary queen of Scotland and the youngest ever monarch in Great Britain. Mary resided in other palaces and castles in Scotland, apart from Holyrood and Edinburgh Castle, and lodged in at least two houses on Edinburgh's High Street . She also had two houses, in Leith , Edinburgh's port, where
12753-401: Was probably built under his direction. The Italianate building was used for the christening of James' and Anna's son Prince Henry . The Queen gave him a hat badge in the form of a golden salamander set with diamonds as a New Year's Day gift in 1595. The badge was supplied by the jeweller Thomas Foulis . In March 1598 he was tasked with giving the Queen's brother, Ulrik, Duke of Holstein
12870-531: Was quickly followed by Mary Tudor's death and the succession to the throne of England by Elizabeth on 17 November 1558. Mary Stuart's claim and rights of succession to the English throne depended in part on the Papal view of Elizabeth's legitimacy. If Henry II of France was to pursue Mary's claim with the Pope, as part of an ambitious plan that Scotland and England would succumb to French domination, he needed Scotland to be
12987-490: Was refused for the French commanders in Leith to come to the castle to discuss the proposals with Mary. While continuing to fortify Edinburgh Castle, Mary became seriously ill, and over the course of the next eight days her mind began to wander; on some days she could not even speak. On 8 June she made her will. She died of dropsy on 11 June 1560. She lay in state in the castle for a time, wrapped in cerecloth and covered with
13104-485: Was sent to be brought up in France under the protection of King Henry II . Mary of Guise replaced Arran as regent in 1554, and her regency was dominated by her determination to protect and advance the dynastic interests of her daughter, maintain the Franco-Scottish alliance, and reassert the power of the Scottish crown. Throughout her regency, Mary displayed tolerance towards the religious reform movement, and implemented
13221-408: Was sickened by news of a plot to poison the young queen of Scots. A Scottish would-be poisoner, Robert Stewart, discovered in London was delivered to the French in May. Throughout her time in France, Mary was anxious to gain the best settlement for her daughter's marriage to the dauphin and financial support for herself in Scotland. At Tours in May, a cynical English observer, John Mason , who scanned
13338-529: Was succeeded as King's Master of Works by David Cunninghame of Robertland . His tomb in Dunfermline Abbey was constructed at the expense of his friend Alexander Seton and Queen Anne, and survives with a lengthy Latin inscription recording Schaw's intellectual skills and achievements. The tomb inscription remains the most valuable source of biographic information, and was composed by Alexander Seton, translated it reads: This humble structure of stones covers
13455-667: Was the head and second lodge in Scotland. This seems to relate to the fact that Kilwinning claimed precedence as the first lodge in Scotland, but that in Schaw's scheme of things, the Edinburgh Lodge would be most important followed by Kilwinning and then Stirling. David Stevenson argues that the Second Schaw statutes dealt with the response from within the craft to his first statutes, whereby various traditions were mobilised against his innovations, particularly from Kilwinning. The reference to
13572-487: Was triumphant, writing that "the English had left nothing behind but the plague." The peace process began and Scotland was included in the Treaty of Boulogne of 24 March 1550. As part of the treaty, Mary's brother Claude, Marquis de Mayenne , was one of six French hostages sent to England. After their father died on 12 April 1550, Claude was allowed to come to Scotland with a passport from Edward VI dated 11 May. Claude wrote from Edinburgh on 18 May that he would survey
13689-510: Was with her mother in Champagne waiting for the resolution of the negotiations. The marriage contract was finalized in January 1538, with James V receiving a dowry of 150,000 livres . As was customary, if the king died first, Mary would retain for her lifetime her jointure houses of Falkland Palace , Stirling Castle , Dingwall Castle and Threave Castle , along with the rentals of the earldoms of Fife , Strathearn , Ross and Orkney , and
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