Legal Documentation
As queen, Mary was the source of law and its court system; as monarch she was the individual in which the Crown was enacted in her name.
Marian imagery in legal documents such as the Queen’s Bench rolls, letters patent and charters symbolised the Queen’s role as the supreme judge of the land. Yet it also illustrated Mary as the embodiment of the law.
Below are the key types of legal documentation which depict the queen.
Royal Iconography 