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Scottish Timeline (1559 - 1587)
In relation to Edexcel A2 unit 3 Early Modern History, Tudor England 1536 - 1588, specifically the reign of Elizabeth I
In relation to Edexcel A2 unit 3 Early Modern History, Tudor England 1536 - 1588, specifically the reign of Elizabeth I
Monarch
Mary I
1559 - 1567
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James VI
1567 - 1587
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Events
John Knox sermon in Edinburgh
May 1559
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Sparks Iconoclasm
Mary of Guise regency suspended of Protestant Lords
October 1559
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French Troops sent to uphold her authority (limited due to French succession issues)
English troops and ships sent at Cecil's insistence
Death of Francis II of France
1560
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Death of Mary of Guise
1560
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Treaty of Edinburgh
1560
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All French troops to be removed from Scotland
France had to recognize Scotland as an independent Protestant state (breaking the Auld Alliance
Queen Mary returns to Scotland
1561
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Catholic
Pro-French
Le Havre Massacre of French Huguenots
1562
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English involvement defeating Huguenots, Scotland does nothing to assist France
Queen Mary deposed
1567
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Forced abdication in favour of James VI
Earl of Moray becomes regent
1568
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Protestant
Pro-English
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England
1568
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Earl of Moray is murdered
1570
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Leads to a political struggle for the control of the boy King James VI. English intervene to support Protestant Lords
Morton becomes regent
1578
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Protestant
Pro-English
Arrival of Esme Stuart in Scotland
1579
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Catholic
Pro-French (links to the Guise Faction)
Young and attractive
Very influential over James VI
Becomes the Earl of Lennox
Morton forced to resign
1579
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Arrival of James Stewart
1580
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Another young, attractive Catholic
Made Earl of Arran
Morton arrested and executed
1580
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Charged wit the murder of Robert Darnley (2nd husband of Mary Queen of Scots and James VI's father)
Elizabeth I of England protestant but took no action
Guise Plot to depose Elizabeth I of England
1581
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Jesuit Priests were to rise the North of England with the support of Scotland while the Duke of Guise from France invaded from the South
Nothing Happened
Raid of Ruthven
1582
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The Protestant Lords abduct James VI
Lennox and Arran are driven out of Scotland
Return of the Earl of Arran with the Master of Gray
1583
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Patrick, Gray, the Master of Gray, was another of James VI favourites
Ruthven Party loose control of James VI
1583
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Walsingham turns the Master of Gray into an English Spy
1583
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Treaty of Berwick
1586
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£4000 pension paid to James VI by England
James VI confirmed as successor to Elizabeth I of England
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
1587
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Scotland protests but takes no action