Other fools at court included Conny, Jane Colquhoun, Janet Musche, Foysir (a man), George Stevin, and James Geddie.
[4][5] The historian John Guy imagines that the queen "loved to banter" with Nichola "to indulge her wicked sense of humour.
[8] In February 1564 the queen' tailor Jehan de Conpiegne made her a gown from yellow and violet "treilly" fabric, with passments.
In 1564, she was given a blue velvet bonnet, linen, and Jacqueline was given canvas to make her six smocks or chemises and coifs.
[14] After Mary was imprisoned at Lochleven Castle and forced to abdicate, some of her servants either joined the household of her half-brother or received maintenance from him.
Moray also bought clothes for Nageir, Mary's African servant, who was known as a "Moor" or "Moir" and possibly attended her horse with her lackeys.
[15] Nageir may have been the "Moor" mentioned in the expenses of the funeral of Regent Moray, who was bought clothes when he left Scotland for France in April 1570.
[19] In Scotland, linen was given to the governess of the fool known as "la Jardiniere" to make three "paires de callesons" and some "mouchoirs" in October 1561.