£3,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair | 683
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
from James VI to the Earl Marischal, commissioner in the North, informing him of the death of Queen Elizabeth I of England: "Having be our command laitlie gevin your advertisement of the news of ye death of our umquhile dearest sister the quene of England And desirit you prepair your selff for our seruice...", dated Holyrood House 27th March 1603, comprising 19 lines on one leaf in a formal or secretarial hand, 192 x 300mm, signed by the King 'James R.'