1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
Chapter 6 : After the Battle
On 1st October 1547, the Privy Council instructed Norroy Herald to:
He was then to press the Queen Dowager (Marie of Guise) and the Scottish Council:
‘to deliver the young Queen to the Protector to be suitably nourished and brought up with her husband, as a Queen of England—as he promises to do on his honour, failing which, that he will use all means to bring it about by force.’
He was then to press the Queen Dowager (Marie of Guise) and the Scottish Council:
‘to deliver the young Queen to the Protector to be suitably nourished and brought up with her husband, as a Queen of England—as he promises to do on his honour, failing which, that he will use all means to bring it about by force.’
Despite their defeat, the Scots refused to be browbeaten. French aid was requested, and the little Queen was kept safe at Dumbarton Castle, before being sent to France the following year. The Scots fleet continued to harass English shipping. It was not until England and France made peace in 1549, followed by the Treaty of Norham in June 1551 between England and Scotland, that hostilities finally ceased.
