244:"Our people do not like of it. And though the governor and some of the nobility have consented to it, yet I know that few or none of them do like of it; and our common people do utterly mislike of it. I pray you give me leave to ask you a question: if your lad was a lass, and our lass were a lad, would you then be so earnest in this matter? ... And lykewise I assure you that our nation will never agree to have an Englishman king of Scotland. And though the whole nobility of the realm would consent, yet our common people, and the stones in the street would rise and rebel against it"
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to negotiate with
Somerset, writing; "I dreid ye will nocht gif credence quhill ye se thame cum in at the dur," (I dread you will not believe till you see them come in the door). Arran had already set up a system of coastal watchers and warning beacons. However, his army was defeated by the English
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Adam
Otterburn signed a border peace treaty in London on 11 May 1534. After the English Reformation, in 1536, Henry VIII requested a meeting with James V, and Otterburn was sent to London again to discuss Henry's motives and the possible agenda. He was in London during the arrest and conviction of
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In his letters in 1546 and 1547 Otterburn mentions that he was "aged and sickly", but
Otterburn died after an assault in Edinburgh by a servant of Regent Arran on 3 July 1548, "sore hurt on the head and his servant slain at his heels." Patrick Mure, laird of Annestoun near
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Adam married firstly, Janet Rhynd, and secondly, Euphame
Mowbray, with whom he had three sons, John, Robert and Thomas. He had three daughters, Margaret, Janet, and another whose name is unknown. His eldest daughter, Margaret, married Sir John Wemyss of
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on the morning of 5 May 1544. Hertford had been instructed not to negotiate, so Adam replied in defiance and refused to yield up the town. Hertford had not yet landed his guns so offered to wait till 7:00 pm.
324:(a town close to Edinburgh). While they were waiting to see Henry the other diplomats were delighted to see them arguing. In March 1547, three of his servants were allowed to return to Scotland.
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pro-French faction, but Adam insisted the contrary, attributing his troubles and difficulties during the adult rule of James V to his pro-English position. The
Governor of Scotland,
405:. In February 1544, another daughter was married and Adam asked Mary of Guise for financial support as "sik materis requiris coist and expensis", and again in 1546 he mentioned to
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and their associates, Otterburn drew up charges of treason against them on 13 July 1529. On 8 November 1529, he was one of the
Scottish commissioners who met English diplomats at
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115:. While in England he was knighted by James V (in his absence) as Sir Adam Otterburn of Redhall on 16 February 1534. Redhall, his other estate, is within Edinburgh near
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sold their wool in
England. Adam was now distrusted by Regent Arran and briefly imprisoned with a threat of further lawsuits. Friends like Elizabeth Gordon, wife of
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Before my eyes very great preparation of war, and actually the great horse, the armour, the firearms, and all the gorgeous equipment set forward towards our realm.
281:
During an interlude in the war with
England, Otterburn was concerned to recover money owing to him. His holding of lands at Auldhame, like those of his neighbours
344:. There he was dismissed as a diplomat by the council as it was now a time of hostility. He was given £75 as a gift for his departure. Otterburn saw,
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could use as leverage to decide James's choice of future bride. A five-year truce was concluded and the
Douglases were to go into English exile.
700:, vol. 19 part 2, (1903), no. 472, Hertford, Lisle & Sadler to Henry VIII: Nau says 'two Baillies,' these versions differ in slight details.
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for an annual pension of £20. In 1528, Magnus and
Otterburn again discussed the possibilities of a marriage between James V and Princess Mary.
1029:
392:, and his son were charged with treason for his murder, their last recorded summons for the crime was at the instance of Mary of Guise.
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wrote to Mary of Guise on his behalf. They were closely allied; Adam's son John had married the Countess' sister in law, Janet Stewart.
293:. Adam wrote to the Cardinal hoping for money owed to him by Sinclair, and he noted that Borthwick and other landowners south of the
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and in November deprived of office and fined £1000 for communicating with the forfeited Earl of Angus. The English border official
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sent him to England with the Earl of Cassilis and Scot of Balwearie to negotiate peace, and a possible marriage for James V with
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had mines but only found loose pieces of gold or gold ore rather than a vein, and spent more on the work than he recovered. The
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810:(SHS, Edinburgh, 1927), pp. 192–194, or possibly "give credence" meaning to accredit Pittendreich as Scotland's ambassador.
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Following the death of James V, Otterburn received from the king's wardrobe a gift of armour on 22 December by the order
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The history of Scotland, from the death of King James I. in the year M.CCCC.XXXVI to the year M.D.LXI by John Lesley
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374:. He wrote to Regent Arran urging him take his warnings of the English invasion seriously, and begged him to allow
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also opened mines. In 1546, Wharton had a gold medallion coined by Albany, said to be minted from Scottish gold.
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Adam Otterburn was an important servant of the Scottish monarchy as a lawyer and a diplomat. In August 1524,
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The Battle of Pinkie, 1547: The Last Battle Between the Independent Kingdoms of Scotland and England
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his difficulty in paying "my dochteris tocher". His son, John, married Janet Stewart, sister of the
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620:(Kirkdale Archaeology/Historic Scotland, 2008), pp. 6, 45 citing BL MC Royal 18 C f.210.
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to Edinburgh, to be given by Master Henry Lauder. In August 1538 he was imprisoned in
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On Monday, he returned to Hampton Court and had further discussions with the
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and Redhall (died 6 July 1548) was a Scottish lawyer and diplomat. He was
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Nicolas Bellin's account, National Archives TNA E101/504/8, photograph
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665:, pp. 559–560, citing Luke 19:40, (abbreviated, spelling modernised).
595:, vol. 5 part IV cont. (London, 1836), p. 141: Findlay, John (2004).
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When James V assumed the throne as an adult ruler and rejected the
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of Adam's words to him on the marriage proposed between Mary and
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Excavation at the site of Redhall Castle, Red River Archaeology
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Otterburn was still negotiating for peace in London before the
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Wardrobe Inventories of James V: British Library MS Royal 18 C
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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh: 1528–1557
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Last minute negotiations in London before the Battle of Pinkie
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352:, and all gorgious reparrale set forwart towart our realme."
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100:. This meeting discussed the possible restoration of the
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In May 1532, he was of the first 15 lawyers appointed as
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designed and made by the workshop of the Italian artist
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Stuart W. Pyhrr, Donald J. La Rocca, Dirk H. Breiding,
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Years later in 1561, Ralph Sadler reminded the English
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Annie I. Cameron, (Shs: Edinburgh, 1927), pp. 59, 162.
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Anglo-Scottish politics and the Protestant Reformation
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Around this time, Otterburn had a conversation with
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If your lad was a lass: The War of the Rough Wooing
269:, Adam Otterburn was sent out with two heralds to
221:, ordered Otterburn's arrest on 28 April 1544 but
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1020:Ambassadors of Scotland to the Kingdom of England
883:Annie I. Cameron, (SHS: Edinburgh, 1927), p. 157.
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910:Findlay, John, 'Otterburn, Sir Adam (d. 1548)',
763:, vol. 2 (HMSO, 1890), p. 112, 'Adrian Otorborn'
316:. They brought the Scottish ratification of the
854:Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
724:The Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine
711:The Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine
959:Auldhame Castle and landscape, Edinburgh Drift
934:Sir Adam Otterburn of Redhall, King's Advocate
692:, vol. 2 (1895), 278: Stevenson, Joseph, ed.,
379:at the Battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547.
507:Glory and Honour: The Renaissance in Scotland
953:Auldhame Castle, Stravaiging Around Scotland
900:(Scottish History Society: Edinburgh, 1927).
898:Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine
808:Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine
772:David Caldwell, Vicky Oleksy, Bess Rhodes,
647:Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine
483:(John Donald: Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 14–15.
285:, the favourite of James V, and John, 5th
69:The law brought against the Douglas family
30:, close neighbour to the Douglas family's
856:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1911), pp. 263, 292.
821:Register of the Privy Council of Scotland
694:The History of Mary Stewart by Claude Nau
185:was also imprisoned for "his accomptes".
81:. In May 1525, the English ambassador Dr
975:Members of the Privy Council of Scotland
457:, vol. 4 part IV (London, 1836), p. 545.
445:, vol. 4 part IV (London, 1836), p. 376.
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213:reported that Otterburn was a member of
20:
1045:People assassinated in the 16th century
912:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
967:
832:Cameron, Annie, (1927), 157 note, 171.
787:The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620
571:, vol. 5 part 4 (London, 1836), p. 75.
130:at Crawford Moor. Otterburn said that
823:, vol.1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. 73–75.
336:. On Sunday 7 August 1547 he went to
925:(Historic Scotland: Edinburgh, 2008)
253:When the English army intent on the
162:In June 1538 he wrote a speech with
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1030:Scottish people of the Rough Wooing
844:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 137.
304:In October 1546, Adam set out with
159:who were now refugees in Scotland.
13:
726:(SHS: Edinburgh1927), pp. 157–158.
649:(SHS: Edinburgh, 1927), pp. 75–76.
359:The "gorgeous" equipment included
249:Chivalry at the gates of Edinburgh
14:
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690:John Lesley's History of Scotland
914:, Oxford University Press, 2004
607:, vol. 5 (London, 1836), p. 141.
470:(Tuckwell, 1998), pp. 27, 60–64.
299:John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl
289:, required duties to be paid to
196:", two rapiers and other items.
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205:A sympathy for England strained
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559:(Edinburgh, 1833), pp. 20, 23.
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376:George Douglas of Pittendreich
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675:Expedition to Scotland, 1544
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995:People murdered in Scotland
696:, Edinburgh (1883), 337–8:
10:
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663:, vol. 2, (Edinburgh 1809)
433:(Edinburgh, 2019), p. 175.
896:Cameron, Annie I., ed.,
776:(Oxbow, 2023), p. 30.>
761:Acts of the Privy Council
749:Acts of the Privy Council
739:(Tuckwell, 2000), p. 220.
583:(Edinburgh, 1871), p. 91.
547:(Tuckwell, 1998), p. 287.
534:(Tuckwell, 1998), p. 117.
509:(Edinburgh, 2013), p. 73.
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365:Nicholas Bellin of Modena
819:Hill Burton, John, ed.,
806:Cameron, Annie I., ed.,
722:Cameron, Annie I., ed.,
709:Cameron, Annie I., ed.,
318:Treaty of Ardres or Camp
255:destruction of Edinburgh
1000:Scottish murder victims
686:, Bannatyne Club (1830)
605:State Papers Henry VIII
593:State Papers Henry VIII
569:State Papers Henry VIII
519:State Papers Henry VIII
455:State Papers Henry VIII
443:State Papers Henry VIII
431:The Minority of James V
128:gold mining in Scotland
930:Inglis, John Alexander
865:Findlay, John, (2004).
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178:heard that the former
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980:Provosts of Edinburgh
713:, SHS (1927), p. 162.
688:pp.180–1: Cody, ed.,
557:Diurnal of Occurrents
496:(HMSO, 1954), p. 253.
383:Sore hurt on the head
346:
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209:The English diplomat
166:in French to welcome
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361:leather horse armour
342:Edward VI of England
267:Provost of Edinburgh
229:interceded for him.
1035:Lords Justice Clerk
920:Harrison, John G.,
916:accessed 3 Oct 2010
661:Sadler State Papers
631:Sadler State Papers
616:Harrison, John G.,
113:Senators of Justice
85:recommended him to
50:James V of Scotland
1015:Scottish diplomats
939:Merriman, Marcus,
789:(New York, 2005).
735:Merriman, Marcus,
494:Letters of James V
481:Princelie Majestie
372:Protector Somerset
98:Berwick-upon-Tweed
38:Sir Adam Otterburn
35:
941:The Rough Wooings
936:1524–1548, (1935)
737:The Rough Wooings
677:, London (1544):
659:Arthur Clifford,
629:Arthur Clifford,
308:and a servant of
215:Cardinal Beaton's
104:, an issue which
64:The King's lawyer
52:and secretary to
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223:Robert Reid
180:comptroller
149:Anne Boleyn
969:Categories
350:hagbutaris
257:landed at
106:Henry VIII
417:Footnotes
273:with the
261:and took
153:Henry Ray
117:Longstone
94:Douglases
340:and met
314:Oatlands
132:James IV
42:Auldhame
905:James V
891:Sources
681:, ed.,
545:James V
532:James V
468:James V
310:d'Oysel
259:Granton
403:Wemyss
396:Family
390:Lanark
271:parley
238:Edward
157:Friars
126:about
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