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VII. Sir Christopher Hatton's arguments in favor of liberating Mary Stuart. September 22, 1584

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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These arguments are in Hatton's own hand and bear his indorsement. They have reference to certain negotiations for a treaty between Elizabeth and Mary which contemplated Mary's liberation and which had been resumed in May, 1584. Apparently Elizabeth hoped to use Mary's influence in favor of the discomfited English party in Scotland and of the leaders of that party who had been forced to flee into England earlier in the year. Hatton's notes should not be interpreted to mean that he was in favor of liberating the Scottish Queen at this time. He simply sets down arguments in favor of such a policy just as the year before (cf. Document V) he had set down arguments opposing it.

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Camden Third Series , Volume 17 , December 1909 , pp. 22 - 24
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1909

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page 23 note 1 Walsingham, as well as Hatten, seems to have laboured under this misapprehension. Cf. Walsingham to Sadler, 17 Oct. 1584, in Sadler Papers, ii. p. 420.

page 23 note 2 This paper was drawn up about a year after the discovery of the Throgmorton plot, a design of the Duke of Guise to invade England, release Mary Stuart and set her on the English throne.

page 23 note 3 Attempts against the welfare of England and of Elizabeth.

page 24 note 1 That is to say, the hope of the English Catholics that Mary might be set up as a present competitor to Elizabeth for the English throne.

page 24 note 2 The MSS. here is slightly torn.

page 24 note 3 Hatton refers here to the Scottish lords of the English party who had taken refuge in England.

page 24 note 4 Hatton seems to contemplate here the collaboration of Scotland with England for the propagation of Protestantism.