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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2032

(x) Historical Documents
1553 (?) (17 July) an official letter from James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Regent of Scotland "To oure traist cousing The Lord Graye" (his estate was Castle Huntly in Longforgan), refering to "ye quenis rebellis" in Scotland; the letter is signed "James G" and he has added some holographic sentences; some staining and paper reinforcement. From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo

James Hamilton's fortunes fluctuated enormously. He converted to Catholicism in 1543 and in consenting the marriage of the queen to the French Dauphin (later Francis II) he was given the Duchy of Châtellerault. In 1554, Arran surrendered the regency to Mary of Guise, Queen Mary's mother. Hamilton gave up the Regency on the condition that he would be next in line after the Queen, if she died childless. But the Scottish succession had been secretly promised to France.

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Estimate
£500 to £600