1567 — July 12. Lochleven Castle
Guzman de Silva to the King. Spanish State Papers.
[Mary was a prisoner in Lochleven from 17th June 1567 to 2nd May 1568. The chief events of her captivity were her compulsory abdication on 24th July, the coronation of her infant son on the 29th of the same month, and the proclamation of the Earl of Murray as Regent on August 22nd. Her escape was preceded by at least one unsuccessful attempt. Murray visited Mary in Lochleven, and was by her asked to undertake the Regency, according to a letter from Throgmorton to Elizabeth, 20th August 1567 (in “Foreign Calendar,” and in Keith’s “History,” vol. ii. p. 737).]
... Croc, who was French Ambassador in Scotland, has passed here on his way to France, and there is nobody now representing his King.