Editing Anne of Denmark (section)

===An English estate and income for the Queen===
A council was appointed in 1593 by the [[Parliament of Scotland]] to look after her landed estates and income.<ref>[[Thomas Thomson (advocate)|Thomas Thomson]], ''Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 1593–1625'', vol. 4 (1816), pp. 24–27; {{Harvp|Calendar of State Papers Scotland vol. 11|pp=120, 697}}.</ref> Anne of Denmark's household expenses in Scotland were alleviated by [[English subsidy of James VI|money given to James VI by Elizabeth I]]. Between July 1591 and September 1594, she received £18,796 [[Pounds Scots|Scots]].{{Sfnp|Kerr-Peterson|Pearce|2020|p=85}} At the end of December 1595, the Queen's council, re-appointed as a financial administration known as the [[Octavians]], gave Anne of Denmark a purse of gold which she then presented to the king as a New Year's Day gift.<ref>[[Julian Goodare]], "The Octavians", Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven J. Reid, ''James VI and Noble Power in Scotland'' (Routledge, 2017), pp. 177–178, 191 fn. 7.</ref>

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Anne's financial position changed in England when she was awarded a new jointure estate based on lands, manors, and parks which had previously been given to [[Catherine of Aragon]].<ref>{{Harvp|Field|2020|pp=46–47}}; {{Cite book |last=Veerapen |first=Steven |title=The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I |date=2023 |publisher=Birlinn |isbn=978-1-78027-816-2 |location=Edinburgh |page=240}}</ref> Administrators, led by [[Sir Robert Cecil]], were appointed in November 1603, while the court was at [[Wilton House]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fisher |first=N. R. R. |date=April 1993 |title=The Queenes Courte in Her Councell Chamber at Westminster |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=108 |issue=427 |page=318}}</ref> The yearly income would be £6,376 according to a summary sent by King James to Anne's brother Christian IV for approval in December 1603.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Macray |first=William Dunn |url=https://archive.org/details/report184019084647grea/page/n171/mode/2up |title=Report on Archives in Denmark |date=1886 |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |series=46th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records |location=London |page=4}}</ref> Anne wrote to Christian IV, pleased by the comparison with Catherine of Aragon, who was also a king's daughter.{{Sfn|Calendar of the Manuscripts of Marquess of Salisbury vol. 15 (1930)|pp=347–348}} An Act for the Confirmation of the Jointure was discussed and read in the [[House of Commons]] on 24 May 1604.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_great-britain-house-of-commons-journal_november-8-1547-march-2-1628_1/page/224/mode/2up ''House of Commons Journal'', vol. 1, p. 224]</ref>

The estate included [[Somerset House]], the [[Hatfield House|Honour of Hatfield]], [[Pontefract Castle]], [[Nonsuch Palace]], and the old palace at [[Havering Palace|Havering-atte-Bower]]. Robert Cecil had considered other royal dowries, including those of [[Cecily of York]], [[Mary I of England|Mary Tudor]], and [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary of France]]. [[Thomas Edmondes]] heard the settlement was "as much, or rather more, than has been granted to any former King's wife".{{Sfnp|Nichols|1828|p=271|loc=volume 1}} The manor of [[Topsham, Devon|Topsham]] in Devon included admiralty rights at the port, and in July 1606 (after the sudden death of its owner) she obtained a cargo of tobacco from [[Venezuela]].{{Sfn|Calendar of the Manuscripts of Marquess of Salisbury vol. 15 (1930)|pp=448–449}}

The English jointure income was to be spent on Anne's clothes and her household wages and rewards. King James would pay the other costs of her household, stable, and food. The Venetian diplomat [[Giovanni Carlo Scaramelli|Scaramelli]] heard she had received a gift of valuable jewels from James, Nonsuch Palace, and a yearly income of 40,000 crowns. If she became a widow she would be independent of her son, Prince Henry.{{Sfnp|Calendar of State Papers Venice vol. 10|pp=87 no. 88, 95 no. 132}} Anne would be able to grant leases of her English manors. An advisory committee was appointed to manage the property and income in England.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lodge |first=Edmund |author-link=Edmund Lodge |title=Illustrations of British History |date=1791 |publisher=London |volume=3 |pages=206–213}}</ref> She would continue to draw an income from her Scottish jointure properties.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Doran |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Doran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=we0V0AEACAAJ |title=From Tudor to Stewart: The regime change from Elizabeth I to James I |date=2024 |publisher=Oxford |isbn=9780198754640 |page=202}}</ref> A similar commission for her Scottish properties had been appointed in April 1603 under the leadership of [[Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline|Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Masson |first=David |title=Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1599–1604 |date=1884 |publisher=Edinburgh |volume=6 |pages=556–557}}</ref> [[Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie]] was chamberlain of the Scottish lands, comprising the Lordship of Dunfermline, the Earldom of Ross, and Lordships of Ardmannoch and Etrrick Forest, and compiled accounts of the queen's revenue.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/statepapersandmi02hadduoft |title=Melros Papers |date=1837 |publisher=Edinburgh |volume=2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/statepapersandmi02hadduoft/page/364/mode/2up 364]}}</ref>

On 13 February 1610, [[John Chamberlain (letter writer)|John Chamberlain]] wrote that Anne "hath been somewhat melancholy of late about her jointure, that was not fully to her liking" and King James had promised additional funds.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Macdonald |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Macdonald (antiquary) |title=Letters to King James the Sixth from the Queen |date=1838 |publisher=Edinburgh |page=xliv}}, citing {{Cite book |title=Winwood's Memorials |volume=3 |publisher=London |date=1725 |page=117}}</ref> In the autumn of 1617, King James changed the settlement, giving Anne an additional £20,000, to make £50,0000 yearly, from which she would pay for her household diet and stable if he died before her.{{Sfn|HMC Downshire vol. 6|pp=261 no. 572, 300 no. 636}}