Gilles de Noailles

Gilles' other offices included; Master of Requests, Parliamentary Councillor for Bordeaux, and Ambassador (or French agent) in Poland and in England during the crisis of the Scottish Reformation.

In August 1559, at Horsley in Surrey, Elizabeth seemed more interested in watching her courtiers "running at the ring" than hearing Noailles talk about French policy and Scotland, an impression calculated to assert her authority.

[4] When James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, a son of a leader of the Scottish congregation, and her agent Thomas Randolph arrived in London in August 1559, Elizabeth secretly met them at Hampton Court.

[5][6] Noailles wrote to the Cardinal of Lorraine that Elizabeth I of England celebrated All Saints Day, 1 November 1559, at Westminster Abbey with candles and a crucifix at the altar, which surprised the Protestants of London.

[7] When Noailles intended to discuss the conflict in Scotland with Elizabeth on 5 November, he was invited to a palace gallery to watch a tournament in which Lord Robert and Baron Hunsdon opposed eighteen challengers.