The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis  The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis is a 15th-century chronicle which reports the murder of James I of Scotland and its aftermath, including the execution of his killers. The chronicle was, according to a note in one of the manuscripts, originally written in Latin and then translated by John Shirley. Three manuscripts have the text, two from the 15th century (BL Additional MSS. 38690 and 5467) and one from the 17th century (National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 17.1.22, likely a copy of BL Add. 38690). In BL Add. 38690, originally a roll which was later cut into an 18-page manuscript, it occupies fols. 9–15, written in the same hand as the first three items (one a "complaint" by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester read in parliament, the other two documents pertaining to the release of Charles, Duke of Orléans). In BL Add. 5467, a 224-page manuscript that includes texts on horticulture and cooking, it occupies fols. 72v-84v. The third is a late 17th-century manuscript, with "The Dethe" on fols. 13–25, copied from BL Add 38690 (also copied was the complaint by Humphrey). BL Add 5467 claims "The Dethe" was translated by John Shirley from an unknown Latin poem, which Lister M. Matheson accepts on evidence of "numerous spelling peculiarities" with texts known to be done by Shirley. Shirley (ca.1366 – 1456) was a scribe and translator, and possibly a bookseller, who was an important figure in the literary scene of his day. His ascriptions in manuscripts associated with him, for instance, are proof of Chaucer's authorship of some of his lyrics. He was buried at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. "The Dethe" was published in 1797 (by John Pinkerton), in 1818 (anonymously, in an "obscure journal", the "Miscellanea Scotica"), and in 1837 (by Joseph Stevenson). All three were based on BL Add 5467, which is defective since "a page has been ripped out between the leaves now numbered f. 72" and f. 73'". In 1904, George Neilson printed the contents of the 17th-century manuscript, which does contain the text missing from BL Add. 5467.