Queen Mary I., letter signed, 18 April 1554

Property of the Marquess of Anglesey

QUEEN MARY I

Letter signed, at the head (“Marye the quene”), to Lord Paget,

informing him that “it hath pleased god so to frame and direct our hart that a marriage is concluded between us and our deerest cousin the prince of Spayne”, and ordering Paget and his wife to attend on the Queen in Southampton to greet the Spanish King on his arrival, 1 page, oblong folio, integral address panel, St James’s Palace, 18 April 1554, remains of red wax seal

Philip II landed in Southampton on 20 July 1554 and was entertained in the town for two days by the chief officers of the royal household and other carefully selected nobles, including Paget, before travelling on to Winchester for his marriage. His first meeting with Queen Mary took place at Wolvesey Castle on the 23rd and they married in Winchester Cathedral two days later.

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