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1542 in Scotland
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1542
Events from 1542 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Monarch – James V and Mary, Queen of Scots
Events
24 August 1542 – A Scottish army led by George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly defeated English border raiders at the battle of Haddon Rig.Joseph Bain, Hamilton Papers, 1 (Edinburgh, 1890), pp. 156–159 nos. 127, 128.
22 – 26 October – The Duke of Norfolk leads a raid to Kelso and Scottish forces fail to engage.Jamie Cameron, James V: King of Scots (Tuckwell, 1998), pp. 299–305.
24 November 1542 – A Scottish army led by Oliver Sinclair is defeated in England at the Battle of Solway Moss.Jamie Cameron, James V (East Linton: Tuckwell, 1998), p. 321.
Births
Mary Fleming
John Forbes, 8th Lord Forbes
Mary Seton
8 December 1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots at Linlithgow Palace
Deaths
William Borthwick, 4th Lord Borthwick
27 November 1542 - David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford
14 December 1542 - James V at Falkland Palace.
References
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