Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-15
QUEEN MARY'S HOUSE
AN HISTORIC Old MANSION IN the
ANCIENT TOWN or yGoBuRo.
o. Th. OiJ Fs.hisssa Baildiss the
Qas~s ~ the se.,s Held Court and Zoe
Thr-~ wssk. lay sish sf . rs,sr-iiss
Near Approach ,s Death.

ts This OlI tsshiossd baiidtsg the
Qas~s ~ the se.ss Held Court and fss
Three Week. lay sish sf . re,.r-Iisv
Near Approach ,s Death.
There l. one house In Jedburg to
which. above all Others, strangers who
Witt the ancient town are sure 30 find
iheir way. aud that Ia the old and an
tique mansion known ~ Queen Mary's
house. Many will therefore be pleased
10 learn that steI- are about 30 b. taken
for the better preservation of this his
toric e,iihce. and for the Improvement of
its surroundings On Oct. :. 1850, Mary
left Iiolyrooi % hold assires at jed
burg. the magistrates having been pre-
viously instructed 10 prepare meat.
drink and lodgings for men and horses.'
and she arrived neit day. The queen
was accompanied by her ministers of
state. her law officers aud by many u
her nobles. among whom were the EArls
% Moray. Huntly. Argyll. Roth.s and
Caithness. and the Lords Livingstons.
Seton. Ye-tsr. Borthwick. Arbroath.
Hume and Som.ryille, besides . num-
b-r % harons AMI bishops. What q stir
there must have been In the old border
burg on that occasion. and what
anxiety Il would cost the worthy pro
vo-t and magistrates 20 keep mp the
good name of their town In the prosencs
% ~ many great persOnages, and even
royalty itselfl
The assif.s continued for siI succe-
siye days, and terminated without .
single execution. Mary presided at =
privy council held ON the 10Th. aud At
another held on the following day. On
the 10th. after the pressure % business
was over. she role to Hermitage castle
W see BO,hwell. who had been wounded
by Little Jock Elliott of the park. .
soted freebooter. and after conferring
with her wounded lieutenant for two
hours In presence of several Of her
obles who accompanied her on the
journey she returned 20 Jcdburg tho
,ame evening. having ridden more than
forty eight miles. Next day Mary vas
attacked with an intermittent fever.
which kept her prostrais for over q
fortnight. On tho same day she took
III the sum of .iI shillings was paid 10
zane boy passing from Jeiburg with
an. mas ~ writings % our sovereign to
the Earl of Boutwell,"
The room In which Queen Mary lay
during her serious illness IL. according
to tradition. small two windOw-i
apartment In the turret. but Miss S,rick.
land. In her Lives % the Queens q
Scotland" /" says in reference 10 this point
that eth. spacious suite u apartments
on the opposite side of the staircase. one
Of which still bars the name % ths
guar,lroom. H. more likely to have been
occupied by royalty a. anierooin, priyy
chamber and bedroom" II i. however.
the small back apartment that is points'
out a. visitors a. Queen Mary's bedroom.
and IL was there. n We are to credit ira
di,ion. where she lay nigh unto death,
attended by her French physician
Charles Sau.
on th. 25th she "lAy for dead three
hour--her limbs cold and rigii. her
eye- closed. her mouth COMPRESSED, her
te.t and arms s,iff. every one suppo-ing
that the vital spark had fed. Master
Nan. who was "a perfect man Of hi.
craft" would not. however. give the
matter up. but r..Ortsi to friction and
manipulation. which he continued fOr
som. hour. until the queen recovered
again her sight and speech and 20,
great sweating. When her Illness hal
assumed a mortal tendency she expressed
her willingness to resign her spirit tO
Goi. She wished to impress On her
MOBILES the necessity of living In unity,
and that they should do all Ia their
power to protect the infant prince-her
only tie 90 life. To Du CrOiK. the
French emhassador. she made a request
that h. would ask his royal master b.
protect her dear son. and she also recon-
mended biz protection to Queen Eliza
beth, a. her nearest kinswoman.
ON the 2sth Darnley arrived Ia Jei.
burg. but lef, again the nett day. and it
/. not certain tha, he was ever allowed
to -. Mary When she was recovering
the wearisome hour. were beguiled by
one John Hume playing 10 her on the
lu,e and John Heron playing on the pirs
and "quhis-il." the former receiving
forty shillings for his services. the latter
four pounds for his. A. thank offer.
ing a. Goi for her recovery she cAused
twenty pounds to IL given 30 the poor 81
the burg. and the same day she wrote
q letter ordering materials for q new
dress. which letter was 90 h. sent to III.
inburgh ''in all possible haste"
What q curious old World picturel
Bu, the scene again changes. On Nov.
g-e,actly = month after her arrival
Queen Mary left Jedburg, accompanied
by her mobiles. among whom was Both
we'll. aud with AN escort u q thousand
horssmen. She arrived on the Goth al
Crsiginillar castle. with sorrow. suffer.
ing and captivity In the near future. AMI
In the distance the bloody scafold II
fo,heringay. Pour months after her
departure frUm our ancient burg" says
a local chronicler. cher husband. LOrl
Darnley, wa. murdered; three month.
more and she Wa. the ~ifeo 20 Bothwell;
W., twelve months, and che was lodgei
a. a prisoner In tb. Castle ~ Carlisle. A.
time rollei on and the clouds % misf0r.
tune were rolling dark and thick around
her, she was often heard 10 exclaim. IN
the anguish of wounded spirit. 'would
that had died In Jedburgr "-Scotsman.