On the 14th of August 1603 he was sent to Peterborough with "a rich pall of velvet, embroidered with the arms of the mighty princess Mary Queene of Scotts." He was also the bearer of letters to the Bishop of Peterborough to ask leave to place it on the coffin, which, being obtained, the pall was "by him caryed and laid uppon and over the corps of the said late Queene, assisted by many knights and gentlemen." A large concourse of people were present at the ceremony. The Bishop preached a sermon suitable to the occasion in the morning, and in the afternoon the Dean "preached of the same." In the interval there was a splendid banquet. "Then the Queene of Scotland," says our authority quaintly, "was most royally and sumptuously (re)enterred by the said gentee on the 14th August."[200] [Footnote 200: Harl. MSS., 293, p. 211.] [Illustration: _Walker & Boutall, Ph. Sc._ _Medallion containing Miniature of Mary Queen of Scots and Relics now in the possession of Lady Milford._] Nine years later James, after erecting the well-known monument to Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey, determined to do the same honour to his mother. He therefore addressed the following letter to the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough:[201]-- [Footnote 201: _History of Fotheringay._ By some confusion of dates the year 1587 is here given instead of 1603.] TO THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF PETERBOROUGH.[202] [Footnote 202: _Antiquities of Fotheringay_, p. 59. Noble's _Hist. of the College of Arms_, p. 200.] To our trusty and well-beloved the Dean and Chapter of our Cathedral Church of Peterborough; and in their absence, to the Right Reverend Father in God, the Bishop of Peterborough, and to such of the Prebendaries and other officers of the Church as shall be found there. JAMES R.