Events from the year 1557 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents Monarch – Mary, Queen of Scots Mary of Guise rules as Regent
Events 13 June – An English force commanded by Sir John Clere is defeated at Kirkwall with many casualties.Peter Anderson & John Ballantyne, Personal Correspondence of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull (Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 2023), pp. 5, 11. October – Mary of Guise at Hume Castle sends an army towards England. Instructed to attack Wark Castle, the Scottish lords hold their own council at Eckford and return home.Pamela Ritchie, Mary of Guise (Tuckwell, 2002), pp. 126–9, 153–155, 163–7, 182–187, citing Lambeth Talbot MS 3195.
Births 11 April – John Wemyss (landowner)
Deaths 22 January – Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus February – Lady Agnes Stewart 6 December – John Macalpine James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose
See also Timeline of Scottish history 1557 in England 1557 in Wales 1557 in Ireland
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