68:(Mauvissière) to obtain a passport for the doctor's nephew to come to Sheffield and escort the veteran home. She was still looking for another physician in June 1579. Castelnau obtained a passport from Elizabeth I for the new physician in February 1580. However, Mary was not allowed to have her choice of physician for several months, as Elizabeth and her ministers were suspicious of her servants as potential message carriers.
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Bourgoing was recorded in many letters and administrative documents as a member of Mary's household in
England from 1582, as a replacement for Jacques de Lugerie or Luserie, who was also a member of the French royal household, and for Marquerin du Castel, a physician serving in Mary's household in
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The journal includes a number of names and placenames, some not recorded elsewhere in connection with Mary's itinerary. It reveals that she stayed at an inn in
Leicester called the Angel. Bourgoing supplies Mary's words and speeches at her trial and before her execution.
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including
Jacques Gervais and Pierre Gorion. Mary could be critical of her medical staff, and complained in January 1580 about an apothecary whose remedies seem to worsen her illnesses. The unfortunate apothecary had been recommended to her by
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made in 1583. In March 1580, Mary wrote about her son's indigestion, saying she had discussed the illness with
Bourgoing, and when she was a child about the same age, Lusgerie had treated her for the same. She advised that
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Bourgoing trained in Paris. He defended theses on subjects including pulmonary health and poisoning. He qualified in 1577 and was listed as a physician member of the royal household of
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After Mary's execution, an inventory was made of her possessions. Bourgoing had several medical items in his keeping, including a little gold bottle containing a stone (a
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Marie Stuart, son procès et son exécution: d'après le journal inédit de
Bourgoing, son médecin, la correspondance d'Amyas Paulet, son geôlier et autres documents nouveaux
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According to some accounts of Mary's death, Bourgoing persuaded Mary to drink some wine and eat a bit of bread before her execution. In March 1587, Bourgoing and
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Mary wanted a new physician in her household in
September 1578, as the post was held by an old man, Marguerin, known as the Sieur du Castil. The French diplomat
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stone) used as a medicine for colic, and a silver bottle with a stone used a remedy for poison. A ring with a sapphire and an enamel ring were also counted as
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Bourgoing's journal of Mary's last days commences on 11 August 1586. A manuscript was published by RĂ©gis
Chantelauze (1821-1888) in 1876.
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Once in post, Bourgoing sent updates on Mary's health to Michel de
Castelnau, the French ambassador in London. Mary also had surgeons and
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the keeper of the late queen's household at
Fotheringhay about the return of money and conditions offered for their return to France.
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Nicole LaBouff, 'Embroidery and
Information Management: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick Reconsidered',
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The clay and a piece of supposed unicorn horn, an antidote against poison, were sent from France by Mary's ally, the
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eat confected nuts and nutmeg, and ivory worn on the stomach. Bourgoing noted that Suzanne Kirkcaldy (a daughter of
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George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo, "Deciphering Mary Stuart's lost letters from 1578-1584",
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George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo, "Deciphering Mary Stuart's lost letters from 1578-1584",
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George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo, "Deciphering Mary Stuart's lost letters from 1578-1584",
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Marie Stuart : son proces et son execution, d'apres le journal inedit de Bourgoing son medecin
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Bourgoing's account of the death of Mary was used by the contemporary author
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Le Journal Inédit De Bourgoing Son Mèdecin La Correspondance D'Amyas Paulet
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Le Journal Inédit De Bourgoing Son Mèdecin La Correspondance D'Amyas Paulet
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Le Journal Inédit De Bourgoing Son Mèdecin La Correspondance D'Amyas Paulet
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Elizabeth Goldring, Faith Eales, Elizabeth Clarke, Jayne Elisabeth Archer,
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The last days of Mary Stuart and the journal of Bourgoyne her physician
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The last days of Mary Stuart and the journal of Bourgoyne her physician
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John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth
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The last days of Mary Stuart and the journal of Bourgoyne her physician
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The Tragedy of Fotheringay: Founded on the Journal of D. Bourgoing
421:, vol. 2 (Paris, 1862), p. 100: Teulet, 'Maison de Marie-Stuart',
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610:, vol. 3 (London, 1843), p. 236 fn. citing Bois Guilbert.
22:(died 1589) was a French physician in the household of
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The Language of Space in Court Performance, 1400-1625
256:(Fourth Estate, 2009), p. 484: Alexander Wilkinson,
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La mort de la royne d'Escosse, douairiere de France
213:English versions of the journal were published by
168:(a medicinal clay used as an antidote to poison).
38:Bourgoing was taken with Mary, Queen of Scots, to
688:Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade
747:(London, 1895), pp. 2-3: RĂ©gis de Chantelauze,
183:, sent cinnamon water, and the French diplomat
801:Pub History Project, Leicester Angel Eastgates
622:, vol. 9 (Glasgow, 1915), pp. 344–345 no. 326.
419:Les Ecossais en France, les Français en Ecosse
777:Mary Queen of Scots and French Public Opinion
485:, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 404-5 no. 482.
258:Mary Queen of Scots and French Public Opinion
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593:(2005), pp. 469-480: RĂ©gis de Chantelauze,
483:Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1574-1581
789:Royal Progresses and Visits to Leicester
254:Mary, Queen of Scots, My Heart is My Own
185:Bertrand de Salignac de la Mothe-FĂ©nelon
636:, vol. 7 (London, 1844), pp. 246-7, 255
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779:(Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), pp. 136-7.
343:Calendar State Papers Freign Elizabeth
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439:'Household of Mary Queen of Scots',
327:'Household of Mary Queen of Scots',
313:, 4 (London, 1907), p. 304 no. 364.
260:(Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), p. 134.
526:, 47:2 (8 February 2023), p. 140.
401:, 47:2 (8 February 2023), p. 185.
381:, 47:2 (8 February 2023), p. 144.
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857:16th-century French male writers
830:(Cambridge, 2010), pp. 176, 197.
674:, vol. 1 (London, 1842), p. 192.
498:, vol. 3 (Oxford, 2014), p. 369.
287:, 58:12 (19 March 1887), p. 136.
791:(Leicester, 1884), pp. 310-314.
672:Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
666:(Fourth Estate, 2009), p. 447:
664:The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
608:Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
547:Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen
512:, vol. 7 (London, 1844), p. 250
425:, vol. 2 (Paris, 1862), p. 272.
365:Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
862:16th-century French physicians
620:Calendar State Papers Scotland
591:Queen of Scots: The True Story
311:Calendar State Papers Scotland
156:jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots
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847:Court of Mary, Queen of Scots
549:, vol. 1 (London, 1844), 155.
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387:10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677
345:, 13 (London, 1903), no. 228.
648:Huntington Library Quarterly
597:(Paris: Plon, 1876), p. 466.
852:16th-century French writers
743:Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott,
733:(Paris: Plon, 1876), p. 465
576:(Paris: Plon, 1876), p. 483
443:, 2 (Glasgow, 1905), p. 352
331:, 2 (Glasgow, 1905), p. 358
102:William Kirkcaldy of Grange
60:, in London to discuss the
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558:William Barclay Turnbull,
441:Scottish Historical Review
367:, 1 (London, 1842), p. 273
329:Scottish Historical Review
208:(Paris, 1876), pp. 466-578
104:) acted as his servant or
72:1571 and 1573, and was at
457:(Sheffield, 1819), p. 66.
285:Gazette médicale de Paris
215:Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
706:(London, 1845), p. xxix.
700:William Barclay Turnbull
187:sent confected nutmegs,
719:(London, 1845), p. 330.
634:Lettres de Marie Stuart
562:(London, 1845), p. 290.
510:Lettres de Marie Stuart
469:Lettres de Marie Stuart
356:Lettres of Marie Stuart
30:Doctor in the household
816:(London, 1907), p. 188
728:RĂ©gis de Chantelauze,
717:Letters of Mary Stuart
704:Letters of Mary Stuart
650:, 81:3 (2018), p. 327.
571:RĂ©gis de Chantelauze,
560:Letters of Mary Stuart
543:Louisa Stuart Costello
471:(London, 1844), p. 217
300:(Paris, 1885), p. 305.
274:(London, 1907), p. 159
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775:Alexander Wilkinson,
690:(Yale, 2024), p. 202.
173:Archbishop of Glasgow
115:with her secretaries
93:Sheffield Manor Lodge
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751:(Paris: Plon, 1876).
686:& Pete Langman,
631:Alexandre Labanoff,
466:Alexandre Labanoff,
423:Relations Politiques
354:Alexandre Labanoff,
24:Mary, Queen of Scots
417:Francisque Michel,
204:Regis Chantelauze,
66:Michel de Castelnau
47:Henry III of France
20:Dominique Bourgoing
606:Agnes Strickland,
195:Writing about Mary
54:Nicolas d'Angennes
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177:John Lesley
58:Rambouillet
56:, sieur de
841:Categories
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240:References
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49:in 1580.
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98:James VI
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