Note 597 — Chapter IV
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The story of Francis Yaxley, Mary’s agent, of his dealings with Philip II., of Philip’s subsidy to Scotland of 20,000 crowns, of its loss by shipwreck, and how the money was claimed as treasure-trove by the Duke of Northumberland, Roman Catholic and a pledged supporter of Mary as he was, may be traced in the Calendar of Letters and State Papers relating to English Affairs, preserved principally in the Archives of Simancas, pp. lix, 499, 506, 516, 523, 546, 557; and how the Pope also gave aid in money, p. 559.