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Arrest of Mary of Scots

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1566–1586Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1566

Elizabeth I1566

Edinburgh · House / House of Tudor

Sends Throckmorton to free Mary from "them that by nature & law are subject to her"

1567

Elizabeth I16 May 1567

House / House of Tudor

Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest

1568

George Talbot Shrewsbury, 6th1568

House / House of Tudor

Selected as the keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I in 1568 after she had escaped to England from Scotland following the Battle of Langside

1569

Elizabeth I1569

Tutbury Castle · House / House of Tudor

Elizabeth has Mary Queen of Scots detained in Tutbury Castle

1586

Elizabeth I1586

House / House of Tudor

Elizabeth will not risk a war to restore Mary & has Mary arrested

Names involved

Elizabeth IGeorge Talbot Shrewsbury, 6th

Provenance

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