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God, the author and finisher of peace, beholding the long discord between the realms, has in our days appointed opportunity for union of the two in one empire by the blessed sacrament of matrimony between young Prince Edward of
England and our Sovereign Lady Mary Queen of Scotland; and by consent of
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Haddington? and never a one of them should hear either of them coming or passing, as they say they did not, or I as think, they would not, although in my judgement a good part of them knew full well of the intended enterprise; and if they did hear, or were privy thereunto, why had they not let it
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Parliament of this realm, at their suit made by certain ambassadors sent to the said invincible Prince Henry, etc., an honorable treaty of peace and contract of marriage was confirmed under the Great Seal of the realm, but afterwards broken by the Governor and evil council, specially the
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to start taking assurances from Scots to be "taken as our friends" who would further the marriage between Edward and Mary early in 1543. Soon after, the marriage plan was accepted by Arran's government under the
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Berwick, and Lauder to Dryburgh. Landowners would be replaced by a Scottish "assured man" or an English landlord who would "answer the king's majesty for the rents of the same".
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How had it been possible for such a power as the French and
Almains were, not under 3,000 or above as is reported, to come in the night time through our Assured Men's towns from
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While some of the assured Scots were closely associated with
Protestant reform, a majority were motivated by profit and the need to survive in the presence of an enemy.
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As the war came to end, only a few assured Scots were punished, some were forced into exile, but several were allowed to pay fines (compositions) for their remissions.
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between 1543 and 1550. They took "assurances" and some received
English pension money. Their motivations varied, and included favouring amity with England and their
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Sandysike in England. A number of Scottish noblemen and lairds were captured. These gave assurances to
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Marcus H. Merriman, 'The
Assured Scots: Scottish Collaborators with England during the Rough Wooing',
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Assured Scots: Scottish Collaborators with England during the Rough Wooing',
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were Scottish people who pledged to support English plans for
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wrote of the "King's Pale" in Scotland, anticipating that
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be known by some means to the captain of Haddington?
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58:In October 1542, a Scottish army was defeated at
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447:(Tuckwell, 2000), pp. 342, 364.
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359:An English Garner: Tudor Tracts
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