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Hace 3 días · Mary sent William Maitland of Lethington as an ambassador to the English court to put the case for Mary as the heir presumptive to the English throne. Elizabeth refused to name a potential heir, fearing that would invite conspiracy to displace her with the nominated successor.
- 14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
- Mary of Guise
15 de abr. de 2024 · Around the time she was made to abdicate, William Maitland of Lethington and Mary Fleming sent her a gold jewel or ring depicting the lion and mouse of Aesop's fable. This was a token alluding to the possibility of escape, and their continuing support for her, the mouse could free the lion by nibbling away the knots of the net.
11 de abr. de 2024 · William Maitland, Laird of Lethington, to Cecil. The bearer, Mr. Melvin, is privy to the most part of his conceptions. Desires him to credit and direct him in all his affairs.
8 de abr. de 2024 · His mother had been the eldest daughter and the former Margaret Maitland being the only daughter and eventual heiress of William Maitland of Lethington. His paternal grandparents had been Patrick Drummond the third Lord Drummond and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay the daughter of David Lindsay the ninth Earl of Crawford.
17 de abr. de 2024 · MAITLAND, JOHN, second Earl and first Duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682), grandson of Sir John Maitland; grand-nephew of William Maitland of Lethington; regarded as a rising hope of the ultra-covenanting party; commissioner for the Solemn League and Covenant, 1643-6; one of the commissioners who obtained the famous 'Engagement'; with ...
14 de abr. de 2024 · 1000. Maitland of Lethington to Cecil. Desires license for the bearer to transport four or five dozen sporting bows for distribution amongst Lethington's friends.—Edinburgh, 9 March 1566. Signed. Add. Endd. P. ½. March 9. 1001. The Earl of Lennox to Cecil.
8 de abr. de 2024 · Maitland of Lethington to the Earl of Sussex. Although he could sufficiently refute the most part of the objections laid out against him in his letter, he forbears doing so, seeing that his silence can in no ways be prejudicial except to himself.
