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Jewels of Margaret Tudor
Several documents list the jewels of Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. Margaret married James IV of Scotland in 1503.
The magnificent jewels and costume worn by Margaret Tudor on her journey to Scotland and reception at Holyrood Palace were described in general terms by the English herald John Young. She attended mass at York Cathedral dressed in cloth of gold with a collar of precious stones and a girdle of fine gold with a chain descending to the ground.
There are accounts in English and Latin for making her costume and furnishings, including beds sent with her to Scotland which featured her heraldry embroidered by William Mowse, and gowns for her gentlewomen, including Elizabeth Berlay. There are also details of payments in 1514, more than ten years later, for the trousseau of her younger sister, Mary Tudor, Queen of France. Mary's embroiderer William Mortimer was supplied with gold wire, and gilt spangles for her costume were provided by the London goldsmith Robert Amadas.
In July 1503, a Scottish goldsmith, John Currour, made a crown for Margaret Tudor. He was supplied with a variety of gold coins to melt down for the metal, and was paid £20 for workmanship. The herald John Young mentions that she wore a "very rich collar of pyerrery (precious stones) and pearls", and under her crown a coif covering her hair which hung low behind.
At the Scottish court, gifts were exchanged on New Year's Day. In January 1504 James IV gave Margaret a heavy gold ducat coin and two sapphire rings. One of Margaret's ladies-in-waiting Eleanor Verney received a gold chain. Later that month, John Currour mended two collars with swans and supplied pearls for two "corses" or crosses which James gave to Margaret.
Her grandmother, Margaret Beaufort bequeathed a girdle of gold links with a great pomander for perfume to Margaret in 1509. After the death of Henry VII, Andrew Forman, Bishop of Moray, was sent to London in July 1509 to ask for jewels left to Margaret by her father.
In September 1515 Margaret Tudor left Linlithgow Palace and went to back to England, on her way leaving a coffer of jewels at Tantallon Castle. A Scottish knight Alexander Jardine of Applegarth accepted custody of the jewels at Tantallon. Margaret wrote to Scotland for the jewels to be sent to her. There are two inventories, both written in the Scots Language which have sometimes been misinterpreted by historians. The second inventory is part of a letter written to Margaret by the Scottish Lords of Council on 29 September 1516.
The Venetian ambassador in London, Sebastian Giustinian heard a dramatic, though exaggerated and inaccurate version of Margaret's flight from Scotland, that the Duke of Albany had besieged her at Stirling Castle and she escaped. Albany pursued her and had captured her wardrobe, leaving her with only the clothes she was wearing. Albany certainly sent letters to her and others at Tantallon and Blackadder Castle as she travelled south to the English border. According to a later 16th-century Scottish writer John Lesley, Margaret surrendered Stirling Castle and the king to Albany, but then began to oppose him. Afraid of his anger, she "quyetlie from Tamtallon fled to Berwik in Ingland the 12 of August".
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Jewels of Margaret Tudor
Several documents list the jewels of Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. Margaret married James IV of Scotland in 1503.
The magnificent jewels and costume worn by Margaret Tudor on her journey to Scotland and reception at Holyrood Palace were described in general terms by the English herald John Young. She attended mass at York Cathedral dressed in cloth of gold with a collar of precious stones and a girdle of fine gold with a chain descending to the ground.
There are accounts in English and Latin for making her costume and furnishings, including beds sent with her to Scotland which featured her heraldry embroidered by William Mowse, and gowns for her gentlewomen, including Elizabeth Berlay. There are also details of payments in 1514, more than ten years later, for the trousseau of her younger sister, Mary Tudor, Queen of France. Mary's embroiderer William Mortimer was supplied with gold wire, and gilt spangles for her costume were provided by the London goldsmith Robert Amadas.
In July 1503, a Scottish goldsmith, John Currour, made a crown for Margaret Tudor. He was supplied with a variety of gold coins to melt down for the metal, and was paid £20 for workmanship. The herald John Young mentions that she wore a "very rich collar of pyerrery (precious stones) and pearls", and under her crown a coif covering her hair which hung low behind.
At the Scottish court, gifts were exchanged on New Year's Day. In January 1504 James IV gave Margaret a heavy gold ducat coin and two sapphire rings. One of Margaret's ladies-in-waiting Eleanor Verney received a gold chain. Later that month, John Currour mended two collars with swans and supplied pearls for two "corses" or crosses which James gave to Margaret.
Her grandmother, Margaret Beaufort bequeathed a girdle of gold links with a great pomander for perfume to Margaret in 1509. After the death of Henry VII, Andrew Forman, Bishop of Moray, was sent to London in July 1509 to ask for jewels left to Margaret by her father.
In September 1515 Margaret Tudor left Linlithgow Palace and went to back to England, on her way leaving a coffer of jewels at Tantallon Castle. A Scottish knight Alexander Jardine of Applegarth accepted custody of the jewels at Tantallon. Margaret wrote to Scotland for the jewels to be sent to her. There are two inventories, both written in the Scots Language which have sometimes been misinterpreted by historians. The second inventory is part of a letter written to Margaret by the Scottish Lords of Council on 29 September 1516.
The Venetian ambassador in London, Sebastian Giustinian heard a dramatic, though exaggerated and inaccurate version of Margaret's flight from Scotland, that the Duke of Albany had besieged her at Stirling Castle and she escaped. Albany pursued her and had captured her wardrobe, leaving her with only the clothes she was wearing. Albany certainly sent letters to her and others at Tantallon and Blackadder Castle as she travelled south to the English border. According to a later 16th-century Scottish writer John Lesley, Margaret surrendered Stirling Castle and the king to Albany, but then began to oppose him. Afraid of his anger, she "quyetlie from Tamtallon fled to Berwik in Ingland the 12 of August".
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