• David Moysie (fl. 1590) was a Scottish notary public, known as the author of the Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, 1577–1603. He was by profession a...
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    Catherine de Bourbon, now backed the Danish marriage. According to David Moysie, when he received the news from Flekkerøy, James VI, in perplexity, immediately...
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    taking of this inventory was described in the chronicle attributed to David Moysie. Among the hundreds of items; "a Highland kirtle of black stemming embroidered...
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    Berwick-upon-Tweed by the Scottish diplomat George Young. According to David Moysie, Young withheld his passport and carried his news to James VI of Scotland...
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    driven back. This seems to be an incident described in the chronicle by David Moysie. When James VI set sail for Norway his ship was driven back to St Monans...
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    following the marriage at Holyroodhouse. One version of the Memoir of David Moysie mentions that the King and Queen were "in Alloway the earle of Mars house...
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    James was "carried away" by, or in the "possession" of, Stewart.: 39  David Moysie wrote in his memoirs that James, "having conceived an inward affection...
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    (Edinburgh, 1828) pp. 37–8: Moysie, David, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 83: Thomson, Thomas, ed., David Calderwood's History of...
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    Calendar of State Papers Scotland, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1952), p. 306: David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 164. Plowden...
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  • family included a son and a daughter, Janet Douglas. The chronicle writer David Moysie wrote that Napier and Euphame MacCalzean were "wemen of guid reputation...
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  • Scottish Notes and Queries, 9:8 (January 1896), p. 115: James Dennistoun, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland by David Moysie (Edinburgh, 1830), pp. 85, 98...
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    a new monarch, or one making his first visit to a city. According to David Moysie, James VI left Stirling on 29 September 1579 despite a storm. He had...
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    him clothes including a velvet coat and a belt with a little dagger. David Moysie wrote that Henrietta's representations to a Convention of the Estates...
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    taking of this inventory was described in the chronicle attributed to David Moysie. When Mary was recently arrived in England, at Bolton Castle in July...
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    139: Papers Relative to the Marriage of James VI (1828) pp. 37-8: David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 83 "1842 – Queen...
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    According to the account of the well-informed contemporary Scots lawyer David Moysie, the English assured the Scots... that Elizabeth was "verie sore for...
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  • craftsmen" necessary to complete the repairs at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. David Moysie, a contemporary writer, wrote in his Memoir that Schaw also brought news...
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    428 no. 2445. Chronicles of Strathearn (Crieff, 1896), p. 290, citing David Moysie, Memoirs of the affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 51 Robert Vans...
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    of his own life (Edinburgh, 1827), 173. Archaeologia, xxx (1843), 168 David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1755), p. 135. HMC Salisbury...
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    1879), p. 641. Boyd, Calendar of State Papers, Scotland, vol. 6, p. 186. David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club...
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  • Sixth (Edinburgh, 1836), p. 114 David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 2 David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland...
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    men from Edinburgh in blackface makeup, or were wearing black masks. David Moysie wrote that there were "42 young men from the town all clad in white taffeta...
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  • where the Earl of Gowrie had a large townhouse, as provost of the town. David Moysie wrote that the lords had given him their "supplication" at Perth, and...
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    garrison of Craignethan abandoned the castle in the night. According to David Moysie, Craignethan surrendered to government forces on 18 May 1579, and Cadzow...
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  • of the Scotland by David Moysie (Edinburgh: Maitland Club, 1830), p. 86. HMC 6th Report: Menzies (London, 1877), p. 693. David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs...
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  • 2160677 James Dennistoun, Memoirs of the Affairs of the Scotland by David Moysie (Edinburgh: Maitland Club, 1830), p. 23 Register of the Privy Council...
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  • French ambassador in London, Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf. David Moysie wrote that D'Esneval was 24 years old and arrived in Leith on 13 January...
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    Robert Chambers, Domestic Annals of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1858), p. 198: David Moysie, Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 158...
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    Captivity (Sheffield, 1880), p. 517. Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland by David Moysie (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 39. George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo...
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  • who were pleading for the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. According to David Moysie, on 20 February 1587, James VI sent to him to Berwick-upon-Tweed to meet...
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