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Secret correspondence of James VI
The secret correspondence of James VI of Scotland was communication between the Scottish king and administrators of Elizabeth I of England between May 1601 and the Queen's death in March 1603. In this period it was settled that James would succeed Elizabeth, but the diplomatic result was kept secret. James's accession to the thrones of England and Ireland is known as the Union of the Crowns.
==The embassy of the Earl of Mar==
The Earl of Mar and Edward Bruce, Commendator of Kinloss, went to London as ambassadors in February 1601,〔Masson, David, ed., ''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland'', vol.6 (1884), p.204 & footnote.〕 attempting to secure the throne of England for James VI. The Scottish ambassadors expected to negotiate with the Earl of Essex, but he was executed on 25 February 1601 before their arrival in London.〔Bruce, John, (1861), p.xxix.〕 Their first set of instructions are known from a summary by Essex's servant Henry Cuffe who was condemned to hang.〔Yorke, Philip, ed., (''Miscellaneous State Papers'', vol.1 (1778) ) pp.372-376: Birch Thomas, ed., (''Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth'',vol. 2, A. Millar (1754) ) pp.512-514〕
James VI then gave his ambassadors new instructions that they should "walk surely between the precipices of the Queen and the people", and encouraged them to go forward in private negotiation and secure the individual support of key towns and ports.〔Dalrymple, David, Lord Hailes, ''Secret Correspondence'', (1766), pp.1-12, James to Mar, 8 April 1601.〕 Although Mar and Bruce gained the confidence of Robert Cecil and an understanding on the succession was reached, their success was kept secret.〔Houlbrooke, Ralph Anthony, ''James VI and I: ideas, authority, and government'', Ashgate (2006), p.40.〕
At a meeting at the Duchy of Lancaster House on the Strand, Cecil requested James would not seek an English parliamentary recognition of his claim to the throne, and that future correspondence with the Scottish ambassadors should be a secret from Elizabeth herself. Until the death of Elizabeth I two exchanges of letters between England and Scotland were kept up, the usual communication and the "secret correspondence".〔Bruce, John (1861), p.xxxv.〕
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