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1559-1560: The End of Mary of Guise’s Regency
Mary of Guise Once the Lords of the Congregation had retreated to Stirling, the Queen Regent marched back into Edinburgh. Her army consisted of three thousand Frenchmen, a number of Scots and even a few English mercenaries. The lords who … Continue reading
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1556-1559: First Love, First Allegiances, First Enemies
Kevin McKidd as Bothwell in ‘Gunpowder, Treason and Plot’ In 1556, aged twenty-one, James Hepburn inherited the Earldom of Bothwell along with the offices and duties of Sheriff of Berwick, Haddington and Edinburgh; of Bailie in Lauderdale (with the castles … Continue reading
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