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Barbara Hamilton (courtier)

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186: 258:. Some of these jewels were pledged for debts, as was a gold "tablet" or locket set with nine diamonds and a ruby with a pendant pearl, a gold bracelet with nine rubies, and another tablet which opened with leaves on which the inscription "Obsecro Te Sancta Maria Mater Dei Amen" was engraved and highlighted with white enamel. She had also pledged a gown of cloth of gold furred with spotted ermine. She left her daily wearing clothes and two feather beds to her servant Elspeth or Elizabeth Binning. She discouraged her daughter from marrying the Laird of Calderwood. James Maxwell of Calderwood married Isobel Hamilton instead, a daughter of 74: 169:
In December 1552 she was sent mourning clothes of French black furred with miniver, called a "dule" gown, with linen for "dule" head cloths or kerchiefs. The occasion for mourning is unclear. She was in Linlithgow and again given "dule" clothes in April 1553, presumably for the death of her husband.
116:. A temporary kitchen was built of deal boards. Gold rings, hat-badges, and bracelets were bought for her guests, costing ÂŁ156. Music at the wedding was provided by four Dutch drummers, four trumpeters, the Queen's violers, and a fiddler. At the wedding there was play or pageant written by 64:
There was a plague scare at the Scottish court so for a time she lodged with three other gentlewomen, their servants, and a cook and a laundress in Alexander Guthrie's house in the Castlehill of Edinburgh. In November 1548 they moved to stay with the wife of James Thornton.
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often during her father's regency, and was bought a hat in November 1550. She had her washing done, and sewed collars and ruffs for her father. After a period of illness in November 1550 she was bought a red petticoat, and according to the English physician
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on 3 February 1549. When they were betrothed her father appointed a French man, Jacobus Narratius, to be their tutor. Her wedding dress was described as a "rob ryall" made of purple velvet costing ÂŁ43
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Red stemming of Milan was sent to her in May 1552 for a undergown called "wylicoat", with black velvet for a hood. She gave a purple satin gown to her mother-in-law,
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An inventory of goods at Boghall Castle was made in October 1578 after the death of Elizabeth Ross, Lady Fleming the wife of Barbara Hamilton's brother-in-law
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and side-tailed gown of tanny velvet. Mary of Guise inspected the "robe royal" and requested the lining be replaced with better quality taffeta supplied by
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made chains and "target" hat-badges for their father, and he had probably made the jewellery for Barbara's wedding in 1549. She returned to the north and
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aspired to marry Barbara Hamilton for her royal connections. Her refusal was said to have caused a rift between Knox and the Hamilton family.
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Pesala Bandara, 'Mary Queen of Scot's Aquatic Entertainments for the Wedding of John Fleming to Elizabeth Ross', Margaret Shewring,
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In January 1552 she was at Regent Arran's lodging in Linlithgow and the Queen's tailor measured her for clothes. She was bought a
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and purple taffeta was sent to Huntly to line it. Her servant Elspeth Douglas at Huntly was given a gown of black damask.
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Dressing the Scottish Court 1543-1553: Clothing in the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
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or possibly a safeguard, recorded as a "wairdegairt". Regent Arran's lodging was decorated with
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Waterborne Pageants and Festivities in the Renaissance: Essays in Honour of J. R. Mulryne
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Very little is known of Barbara Hamilton in her widowhood during the personal reign of
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in which the Fleming family took the queen's part and her brother-in-law held
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According to her will, some of her jewellery was in a coffer at the Place of
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In August 1548 when she around fifteen years old she joined the household of
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who was set to join the household of Mary of Guise. The goldsmith
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by Malcolm Gourlay. The roof of the hall was painted by
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She married Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon eldest son of
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The date is recorded in Regent Arran's household books.
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Catholic Tractates of the Sixteenth Century, 1573-1600
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Their children included: 387:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1911), pp. 452-3. 329:(Boydell, 2019), pp. 104–5, 616, 622. 22:(died 1577) was a Scottish courtier. 7: 473:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1913), p. 207. 461:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1913), p. 180. 164:Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly 548:, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1903), p. 455. 449:(Boydell, 2019), pp. 416, 440, 442. 424:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1913), p. 81. 220:John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis 14: 86:George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly 173:In May 1553 she was at court at 559:Biggar and the House of Fleming 501:Biggar and the House of Fleming 484:Miscellany of the Maitland Club 201:James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming 546:Calendar State Papers Scotland 294:John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming 1: 520:Memorials of the Montgomeries 375:(Boydell, 2019), pp. 415-452. 69:Lady Gordon and Huntly Castle 27:James Hamilton, Earl of Arran 533:National Records of Scotland 508:(Edinburgh, 1911), pp. 161-2 596:Daughters of Scottish earls 486:(Edinburgh, 1847), p. 200: 447:Dressing the Scottish Court 373:Dressing the Scottish Court 327:Dressing the Scottish Court 229:, writing in 1581, in 1561 80:formerly called Strathbogie 622: 400:(Boydell, 2019), pp. 95-6. 100:. Barbara Hamilton wore a 488:HMC 11th Report: Hamilton 471:Accounts of the Treasurer 459:Accounts of the Treasurer 445:Melanie Schuessler Bond, 434:Accounts of the Treasurer 422:Accounts of the Treasurer 410:Accounts of the Treasurer 396:Melanie Schuessler Bond, 385:Accounts of the Treasurer 371:Melanie Schuessler Bond, 360:Accounts of the Treasurer 339:Accounts of the Treasurer 325:Melanie Schuessler Bond, 314:Accounts of the Treasurer 181:Lady Fleming and Boghall 108:taken out of storage in 61:and the Queen's tailor. 53:. Barbara's clothes and 55:safeguard riding skirts 490:(London, 1887), p. 54. 196: 81: 188: 76: 606:Ladies of Parliament 312:James Balfour Paul, 271:Mary, Queen of Scots 120:. 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Index

James Hamilton, Earl of Arran
Margaret Douglas
Mary of Guise
Mary, Queen of Scots
Falkland Palace
safeguard riding skirts
John Anderson

Huntly Castle
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
Elizabeth Keith
Scots
James Barroun
farthingale
royal tapestry
Edinburgh Castle
Walter Binning
William Lauder
Huntly Castle
Huntly Castle
Linlithgow
Andrew Boorde
gittern
Anne Hamilton
John Mosman
Huntly Castle
Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly
Stirling Castle

Boghall Castle

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