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NOV Mary at Craigmillar Castle where she discusses the Darnley problem 10 NOV Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, born 17 DEC Prince James of Scotland baptized at Stirling Castle 1567 10 FEB Darnley murdered at Kirk o’ Field, just outside Edinburgh (aged 21) 19 APRIL Ainslie Bond signed by Scottish nobles accepting Bothwell’s suit of Mary 24 APR Mary ‘abducted’ by James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell 7 MAY Lord and Lady Bothwell granted a divorce 15 MAY Mary marries Bothwell as her third husband 15 JUNE Mary surrenders to Confederate Lords at Carberry; Bothwell escapes 17 JUNE Mary imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle 24 JULY Mary forced to abdicate, James is declared King of Scotland (aged 13 months) 29 JULY James VI crowned at Stirling, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, becomes regent 1568 17 JAN Lady Catherine Grey (Lady Catherine Seymour), Countess of Hertford, dies (aged 29) 2 MAY Mary escapes from Loch Leven 13 MAY Mary and supporters defeated at Langside 18 MAY Mary lands in Cumbria and conducted to Sheffield Castle 23 MAY Prince William of Orange defeats Spanish at the start of revolt in Low Countries 15 JULY Mary moved to Bolton Castle OCT York conference to investigate Mary’s part in Darnley’s murder 25 NOV Enquiry moves to Westminster 1569 26 JAN Mary moved into custody of Earl of Shrewsbury at Tutbury Castle APRIL Elizabeth decides Mary must be returned to Scotland JULY Moray declines to have Mary back 10 OCT Duke of Norfolk arrested 14 NOV Northern earls take possession of Durham Cathedral in Northern Rebellion 22 NOV Mary moved south to Coventry 16 DEC Northern earls flee to Scotland 1570 21 JAN James Stewart, Earl of Moray and regent, assassinated 25 FEB Elizabeth excommunicated by Pope Pius V AUG Norfolk released from Tower 1571 FEB William Cecil created Baron Burghley APRIL Ridolphi Plot revealed SEPT Darnley’s father, Earl of Lennox and Regent of Scotland, assassinated 1572 JAN Duke of Norfolk’s trial 2 JUNE Duke of Norfolk executed 24 AUG St Bartholomew’s Massacre 1574 30 MAY Charles IX dies, succeeded by Henri III 1577 13 DEC Francis Drake leaves Plymouth to attempt circumnavigation of the globe 1578 14 APRIL Earl of Bothwell dies in Danish prison 1579 JAN Jehan de Simier arrives in London to conduct courtship between Elizabeth and his master, François, Duc d’Alençon 1580 26 SEPT Francis Drake enters Plymouth having completed his circumnavigation 1581 4 APRIL Sir Francis Drake knighted 6 JUNE Execution of Regent Morton 1 DEC English Jesuit Edmund Campion executed 1582 5 OCT Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholic countries when 5 Oct becomes 15 1583 NOV Throckmorton Plot revealed 1584 10 JULY William, Prince of Orange, assassinated OCT Bond of Association NOV Act of Association 1585 APRIL Sir Amyas Paulet becomes Mary’s jailer 8 DEC Leicester sails for Low Countries as Elizabeth’s Lieutenant General 1586 24 JAN Leicester accepts title of Governor of the Provinces

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