In June 1552, the Cardinal of Lorraine sent Jean de Beaucaire, Sieur de Puyguillon, to Scotland to address the financial affairs of Mary of Guise.[4][5] He became one of masters of Mary, Queen of Scots' household, retiring in 1574.[6][7]
Guyonne de Breüil herself was appointed to the post of Dame d'atours (Lady of the Bedchamber) to Mary, Queen of Scots in succession to Mahaut des Essartz, Dame de Curel, in 1553, and remained for about a decade.[8] In 1555, her wage was 300 Livres tournois and her husband was paid 400 with other sums and a pension. She was provided with three horses and a horseman.[9]
In September 1561 she and her spouse both came to Scotland with Mary, Queen of Scots.[10][11] In 1562, the sieur de Puyguillon compiled a household roll and diet for the household, which was published in 1824 by Thomas Thomson as the Menu de la Maison de la Royne faict par Mons, de Pinguillon, MDLXII. The manuscript is held by the National Records of Scotland.[12]
The couple returned to France for a visit in August 1562 with their son. Her husband, bringing letters from Mary, was a given a passport to come to London and meet Elizabeth I. They were accompanied by Mademoiselle de Fonte-Pertuis and two more of Mary's gentlewomen. The passport issued at Berwick-upon-Tweed mentions their 14 mounted servants and 12 footmen, and the colours and sizes of their horses and mares, measured in "handfuls".[13][14]
Their companion, Suzanne Constant, Mademoiselle de Fontpertuis,[15] was one of the queen's maidens, she received bedlinen with the queen's four Maries in 1561, dined with them, and was given the "second dule" mourning clothes. She was given a crimson silk chamlet gown with gold embroidery to take back with her to France in August 1562, probably for her marriage to Jean Hurault, seigneur de Veuil.[16] Her name appears in the treasurer's accounts as "Simpartew" or "Fimpartew".[17]
A menu was drawn up for the royal household in Scotland just before they left, specifying meals and allowances. The document noted that the budget for the table for the queen's gentlewomen could be reduced following the departure of "Pinguillon et Fontpertuis".[18]