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.
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