A true declaration of the execution of Mary the late Queene of Scotts within the Castle of Fotheringhay 8 February 1586 : to William Cecil, Lord Burghleigh : 18th century manuscript transcription, signed with initials, of the account of an eye-witness, [17--].

Record ID: 
120435
Accession number: 
MA 285
Author: 
Wigmore, Richard, d. 1621.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description: 
1 item (27 p.), bound ; 33.7 cm
Notes: 

"To the Right Honorable William Cecill Knight Lord Burleigh Lord high Treasurer of England."
The original document from which Thomas Percy made this transcription was dated Feb. 11, 1586.
With autograph notes and signature of Thos. Percy (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore, at end and on last page.

Binding: 
Brown leather by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd.
Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1906.