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From: "D. Spencer Hines" <>
Subject: Re: Mary Queen of Scots
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:53:42 +0100
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Classic, Leo!

Yes, I remember that passage.

So, one of the poguenoscenti may have paid 1300 for a lock of hair from
Mary Queen of Scots' wig?

I love it ---- if true.

"The wig was kept for years by the executioner and his wife ---- who
passed it on to their heirs as a Treasured Family Heirloom. But,
because of reduced circumstances, they were forced to sell it. It
surfaced in 1792 at a small antique shop in Edinburgh and was bought by
an unidentified Scottish noble, who then..."

Marvellous Story.
--

D. Spencer Hines

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing." -- Attributed to Edmund Burke [1729-1797]

Warriors ---- "There is much tradition and mystique in the bequest of
personal weapons to a surviving comrade in arms. It has to do with a
continuation of values past individual mortality. People living in a
time made safe for them by others may find this difficult to understand.

The box John Brigham's guns came in was a gift in itself. He must have
bought it in the Orient when he was a Marine. A mahogany box with the
lid inlaid in mother of pearl. The weapons were pure Brigham, well
worn, well maintained and immaculately clean. An M1911A1 Colt .45
pistol, and a Safari Arms cut-down version of the .45 for concealed
carry, a boot dagger with one serrated edge. Starling had her own
leather." _Hannibal_, Thomas Harris, Delacorte Press, [1999], p. 397.

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Vires et Honor

"Leo van de Pas" <> wrote in message
news:005301c0bada$c511f860$...

| Dear Spencer,
| After she was beheaded it was revealed that she wore a wig.
| In Antonia Fraser's book, page 539
|
| In the great hall of Fotheringay, before the wondering eyes of the
crowd,
| the executioner now held aloft the dead woman's head, crying out as he
did
| so: "God Save the Queen." The lips still moved and continued to do so
far a
| quarter of an hour after death. But at this moment, weird and moving
| spectacle, the auburn tresses in his hand came apart from the skull
and the
| head itself fell to the ground. It was seen that Mary Stuart's own
hair had
| in fact been quite grey, and very short at the time of her death; for
her
| execution she had chosen to weat a wig.
|
| What colour was the piece of hair?
| Leo van de Pas

| ----- Original Message -----

| From: D. Spencer Hines <>
| To: <>
| Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:24 PM
| Subject: Re: Mary Queen of Scots
|
|
| > Hmmmmmm.
| >
| > Are there any indications as to whether she gave up the lock of hair
| > while still alive ---- or whether it was taken from her, emmm,
| > "free-standing" head ---- after she was beheaded on 8 February 1587?
| >
| > It could make a significant difference in the value ---- and the
price.
| > --
| >
| > D. Spencer Hines
| >
| > Lux et Veritas et Libertas
| >
| > "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to
do
| > nothing." -- Attributed to Edmund Burke [1729-1797]

| > "A Channing" <> wrote in message
| > news:...

| > | A lock of Mary Queen of Scots' hair has just been auctioned for
| > 1,300 - that's a snip.
| > |
| > | Adrian


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