James VI of Scotland Letter, 1579
This letter authorizes William Hamilton of Portmollart to repair to Edinburgh notwithstanding the acts discharging the Hamiltons from being within six miles of the King’s person. James VI and James I (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots as James VI from July 24th, 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on March 24, 1603 after the passing of Elizabeth I.
In 2012, a Brock University Medieval and Renaissance Studies student wrote a major research paper on this letter - A contextual study of the letter of James VI (1579)
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