1562 in Scotland

none 1562 Events from 1562 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – Mary, Queen of Scots Events 1 January – The poet Alexander Scott may have presented Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary at Seton Palace.Kate McClune, "New Year and the Giving of Advice at the Stewart Court", Steven J. Reid, Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland (Boydell, 2024), p. 214. 8 February – Agnes Keith marries James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray at St Giles, Edinburgh.Mary Byatt, "Agnes (Annas) Keith", Women of Moray (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2012), p. 33. 1 April – A royal guard of archers is created.David Hay Fleming, Mary Queen of Scots (London, 1897), p. 271. April – James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, talks of conspiracy theories and is confined as insane.James Aikman, History of Scotland by George Buchanan, 2 (Glasgow, 1827), pp. 453–456. 22 May – The burgh council of Edinburgh decides to have a ducking stool at the Nor Loch for punishing "fornicatouris" and adulterers.James David Marwick, Extracts from the records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1557–1571 (Edinburgh, 1875), p. 135. 9 September - Mary, Queen of Scots, on her first northern progress, besieges Inverness Castle. 28 October – Battle of Corrichie Births December – Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell William Seton of Kylesmure, courtier and administrator Deaths 20 February – Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, former governess of Mary, Queen of Scots 28 October – George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly John Campbell of Lundy, lawyer and treasurer of Scotland William Murray of Tullibardine References Category:1562 in Scotland Scotland