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Part threeWriting in black is information passed by Debbie or Martin (our mediums)
Red writing is knowledge or information obtained by research.
I hope you enjoy it!!! – General information
Mary was taken as a very young child to Wales
She was taken at 6 years old (in the year 1548) to France after her father James V of Scotland died. This was for her own protection
After escaping from custody following the suspicious death of her husband (Mary was the prime suspect) loosing twins and being forced to give up her throne, she fled to Carlisle where she was then imprisoned by the Queen of England as she posed a risk to her throne.
Mary was taken from her mother Catherine (of Aragon) to Fotheringhay
Her mother was called Mary of Guise becoming Queen of Scotland after her first husband died
Mary was raped
History shows that Mary was supposedly raped by James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell after her abducted her on the 24th April 1567 and taken to Dunbar Castle. She later married him!
Mary had and lost a baby boy
18th July 1567 Mary miscarried twins. I cannot find any record of a boy who was taken from her.
She had a boy, James by her first husband who was 1 when Mary miscarried twins. 24th July she was forced to abdicate her thrown for her son James.
A horrible man stayed with her
Between July 1568 and January 1569 Mary was overseen by Henry the 9th Lord Scrope.
She spent 18 years in prison mainly in Sheffield Castle in the custody of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Bess of Hardwick. I cannot find any evidence that she was mistreated
Marys hair and clothes were burnt
An account of Mary’s execution survives and a witness stated that when the executioner cut off her head, the headsman picked up her head by the hair and it fell to the floor as Mary had been wearing a wig revealing that Mary had very short grey hair.
The chemise that Mary wore at her execution is displayed at Coughton Court near Alcester in Warwickshire, which was a Catholic household at that time. This suggests that her clothes were not burnt as suggested. Her bible also survives.
Martin said he could hear and see a small dog.
I found this point really interesting as a little known fact about Mary was that she had a love of dogs.
When she was executed, they moved her body and her small dog was hiding beneath her dress skirts. The little dog refused to be separated from his owner and the Queens ladies in waiting had to take him away.
The top of Marys head was cut off – the executioner missed
Historically this is accurate. The witness said that it took them 2 strikes to cut off Marys head. The first strike missed and hit the back of her head. Her lips were seen to move and it is said that she was heard to whisper “sweet jesus” before the second blow hit her.
It has been suggested though that it took 3 strikes. It is said that this is in order to extend the suffering of the person on the block!
Males tried to get her to denounce her faith.
Unsure on this one. I cannot find anything to support it but I do know that the threat to Elizabeths thrown was not due to Marys faith.
Many believed that Henry 8ths marriage to Anne Bolyn had been illegal and therefore their child was not the rightful heir to the thrown. If this was the case, Elizabeth was not the heir to her fathers throne, so the correct line would have been Mary. This was the threat to Elizabeth as she would be illegitimate.
She was 24 when first imprisoned by Protestants in Scotland, and she was only 44 years of age at the time of her execution
She was tried for treason after a series of letters were intercepted which plotted to kill Queen Elizabeth
Mary, Queen of Scots, who had spent much of her life of imprisonment at Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor, ended her days at Fotheringhay, where she was tried and convicted of treason. The queen was only given the verdict the day before her execution, and spent her final night praying in the castle's small chapel. She was beheaded on a scaffold in the castle's great hall on 8th February 1587
In 1612, her son and the now king of England, James, brought his mother's body to Westminster Abbey where she was buried in a magnificent tomb
It was interesting that Guy Fawkes appeared on this night. He was born in 1570 so was around the same time period of Mary. He plotted to blow up the houses of parliament while Marys son – King James was on the throne! – Interesting link eh????
It was mentioned on the night that Guy Fawkes fled after attempting to blow up the houses of parliament
In reality he was captured a couple of hours before it, in the cellars of the house of lords. They were concerned about some catholic members who may get caught up in the explosion so the group sent them a letter advising them to stay away. This letter was shown to King James who ordered the cellars to be searched. Guy Fawkes was found leaving the cellars in the early hours of 5th November and he was arrested. He was tortured for a confession in the Tower of London
Guy Fawkes hid out at the Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire
The triangular lodge was built in 1593 by Sir Thomas Tresham. Thomas died in 1605. He was succeeded by his unstable son Francis, who became involved in the Gunpowder Plot and died imprisoned as a traitor in the Tower of London
On a personal note – this is an incredible building. 3 sides to represent the Holy trinity.