Claude Nau

Claude Nau or Claude Nau de la Boisseliere (d. 1605) was a confidential secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, in England from 1575 to 1586. He was involved in coding Mary's letters with cipher keys.[1]

  1. ^ A. Labanoff, Lettres de Marie Stuart, vol. 5 (London, 1852), p. 263: George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo, 'Deciphering Mary Stuart’s lost letters from 1578-1584', Cryptologia, (8 Feb 2023), p. 91 fn.350 doi:10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677