The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland (1850)
Mackie, Charles, d. 1864 · London : [s.n.] · leaf 488
Castle, where he was taken ill—His Death-George, the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury and Marshal of England, intrusted with the Custodiershinof Queen Mary—Her Captivity at Sheffield—Norfolks Execution—Sir H. Percy attempts torelease the Queen—The Earl of Huntingdon elected one of the Queens Keepers—Queen… … I HE castle and to^-n of Sheffield derive their name from their propinquity to a stream called the Sheaf. YW name is • vidently of Saxon derivation, the word shea signifying water. The place on uhich the castle of Sheffield stood is a hill It th(> junction of the Sheaf with the Don. (>u the…
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 · Castles · Palaces
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