Letter from Katherine of Aragon as Regent, to her husband, King Henry VIII in France,...

Invasion of England by Scots army during Henry's absence in France resulted in their defeat on 9 September at Flodden, Northumberland by English army under the Earl of Surrey (1443-1524); letter also states that the queen is sending King James's coat for her husband to use as a banner, requests instructions over the burial of the body of the King of the Scots and makes clear the queen's love for her husband, writing to 'My Henry' that until he returns home 'noo ioye ('no joy') here can bee accomplisshed'; Katherine of Aragon (1485-1533); Henry VIII (1491-1547); James IV of Scotland (1473-1513); written at Woburn Abbey as the queen was about to set out on pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin Mary at Walsingham, Norfolk; facsimile from 'Facsimiles of Royal, Historical & Literary Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts', British Museum, 4th series, printed for the Trustees, 1898; Cotton MS. Vesp.F.111.f.15.;