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Those marked “(H)” are recorded in history

Scotland[]

  • (H) Mary of Guise, Queen Mother of Scotland, and widow of King James V
  • (H) Mary, Queen of Scots, aged seven, her daughter
  • (H) Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine, Chief Privy Councillor and Special Ambassador
  • (H) Margaret Fleming, his wife
  • (H) Jenny Stewart, Lady Fleming, mother to Margaret Erskine and illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland; governess to Queen Mary
  • (H) Lord Fleming, Jenny’s son, and brother to Margaret Erskine
  • (H) Mary Fleming, his sister, maid of honour to Queen Mary
  • (H) Agnes Fleming, his sister, maid of honour to Queen Mary
  • (H) Arthur Erskine, one of Thomas Erskine’s brothers
  • (H) George Douglas of Pittendriech, brother of the Earl of Angus and uncle to Lady Lennox
  • (H) James Douglas of Drumlanrig, his brother-in-law
  • (H) Michel Hérisson, a Scots sculptor resident in Rouen
  • (H) Brice Harisson, his brother, in the service of the Protector Somerset in London


Ireland[]

  • Phelim O’LiamRoe, Prince of Barrow and feudal lord of the Slieve Bloom
  • Thady Boy Ballagh, his ollave
  • Piedar Dooly, his servant
  • Theresa Boyle, an Irish widow resident at Neuvy
  • Oonagh O’Dwyer, her niece
  • Hélie and Anne Moutier, relatives of Oonagh resident in Blois
  • (H) Cormac O’Connor, heir to Brian Faly O’Connor, captain of Offaly
  • (H) George Paris, an agent


France[]

  • (H) Henri II, King of France
  • (H) Catherine de Médicis, his Queen
  • (H) Diane de Poitiers, Duchess de Valentinois, his mistress
  • (H) Francis II, King of France (future king), his heir, affianced *to Mary Queen of Scots
  • (H) Elizabeth, his young daughter
  • (H) Claude, his young daughter
  • (H) Marguerite of France, his sister
  • (H) Anne de Montmorency, Marshal, Grand Master, and Constable of France
  • (H) François, Duke de Guise, brother to the Queen Mother of Scotland
  • (H) Charles de Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine, his brother
  • (H) Claude de Guise, Duke d’Aumale, his brother
  • (H) Duke de Longueville, French-born son of Mary of Guise’s first marriage
  • (H) John Stewart, Lord d’Aubigny, former captain of the Royal Guard of Scottish Archers in France, and brother to the Earl of Lennox
  • (H) Robin Stewart, member of the Royal Guard of Scottish Archers
  • Laurens de Genstan, member of the Royal Guard of Scottish Archers
  • (H) Jacques d’Albon, Marshal de St. André (courtier)
  • (H) Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (courtier)
  • (H) Jean de Bourbon, Sieur d’Enghien, his brother (courtier)
  • (H) François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres (courtier)
  • Archembault Abernaci, Keeper of the Royal Menageries of France
  • Pierre Destaiz, Keeper of the Royal Menageries of France
  • Florimund Pellaquin
  • Thomas Ouschart (Tosh), a funambulist
  • Georges Gaultier, a usurer of Blois
  • The Dame de Doubtance, astrologer, of Blois
  • (H) Raoul de Chémault, French Ambassador in London
  • (H) Jehanne de Chémault, his wife


England[]

  • (H) John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Earl Marshal of England
  • (H) Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox, brother to Lord d’Aubigny
  • (H) Margaret Douglas, his wife, and niece to the late King Henry VIII and to Sir George Douglas
  • (H) William Parr of Kendall, Marquis of Northampton, Lord Great Chamberlain of England and leader of the English Mission to France
  • (H) Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond, an Irishman resident in England, also of the Mission
  • (H) Gilbert Dethick, Garter King of Arms
  • (H) John Perrot, illegitimate son of the late King Henry VIII
  • (H) James Mason, retiring English Ambassador in France
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