Thomas Randolph (ambassador)
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Thomas Randolph was an English ambassador serving Queen Elizabeth I. Most of his professional life he spent in Scotland at the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James VI. While in Scotland,
Mary, Queen of Scots, c.1558-1560
Nicolas Elphinstone
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Nicolas or Nicoll Elphinstone was a Scottish courtier and diplomatic messenger. He was the son of Lawrence Elphinstone of Selmys, 1435–1515. He worked for James Stewart, Regent Moray and was involved
Thomas Randolph (ambassador)
…which led to the formation of the Muscovy Company. He returned from Russia in the autumn of 1569. Following representations made by Regent Moray's agent Nicolas Elphinstone in January 1570 he was sent to Scotland, although uncertain news of the Regent's assassination had reached London. He remained in Scotland for a year…
Mary Queen of Scots, with ropes of pearl, and pearls embroidered on her bonnet
Confluence of the Gore and South Esk, on the former Elphinstone Schank property
Elizabeth of Bohemia, wearing the "Medici pearls"
Nicholas Elphinstone gave the young James VI a copy of a French comic book, Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel, Paris, 1565