The Trial of Mary Queen of Scots

The Trial of Mary Queen of Scots By student’s name Course code+name Professor’s name University name City, State Date of submission On a typical day like no other Mary Queen of Scots was captured by Gorges and Stallenge from the Chartley Hall to a place she was not aware. The two guys were armed, and due to that fact, Mary was frightened because of the way the situation has been handled. Her servants did not have the chance of seeing their queen departure. Instead, they were locked in rooms that were heavily guarded by armed men. The situation was handled intensely and fearfully. The treatment given to Mary Queen of Scots raised a lot of eyebrows, but she believed that she was going to a nearby royal castle that was thirty miles from London.[Hodgkin, Katharine. Women, madness and sin in early modern England: the autobiographical writings of Dionys Fitzherbert. Routledge, 2017.] The queen spends her first night at Hill Hall. The following day the Gorges received instructions from Elizabeth on her guilt and Ingratitude, but Mary stood firmly and refused to admit the charges made on her. Mary spends the next two days at Leicester, and the people around were seen to favor Mary and not the Elizabeth who is considering making her accept that she was guilty of the charges. The guards in the area heavily guarded to avoid demonstrations from the people. She finally arrives in a castle Fotheringhay on the 25th of September.[McBride, Kari Boyd. Country House Discourse in Early Modern England: A Cultural Study of Landscape and Legitimacy. Routledge, 2017.] The castle was huge with a chapel, high wall and large courtyard and had a large gate. The villa was huge and being alone in there with guards, Mary Queen of Scots started to fear for the worst because of the way she was excluded. She even worried that she would be secretly killed like Barbarous death that stained the history of English medieval castles. The situation was the same in the way she was kept in a castle alone. After receiving a report from her servants that many of the Staterooms were empty and she concluded that she is going to be tried rather than being killed in the castle. The staterooms were in wait of dignitaries from London. Mary was happy at last that there will be a trial and that made her feel happed and contented.[North, Janice, Karl C. Alvestad, and Elena Woodacre, eds. Premodern Rulers and PostmodernViewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture. Springer, 2018.] On the 1st October Paulet come to see Mary and informed her of what was about to happen and she even advised her to accept the charges levelled against her and avoid interrogation from the Lords. Paulet went to inform her of facing the law if she didn't admit that she was guilty. In her statement, Mary Queen of Scot answered Paulet that she had no doubt whatsoever that she was at no offence about any unlawful act. She stood firmly about her innocence, and she was not frightened of what will happen. Mary stated it's only a sinner who confesses her sins to the Creator and seeks for mercy and forgiveness. After several days the arrival of Steward Melville and his daughter made Mary happy. Commissioners were appointed in London to judge the Mary Queen of Scots. Letters were read, and evidence...