Editing Edward VI (section)

=== "The Rough Wooing" ===
[[File:Edward VI, aged 6.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Portrait miniature]] of Edward by an unknown artist,{{Efn|This miniature, formerly attributed to [[Hans Holbein the Younger]] and one of several versions derived from the same pattern, is now thought likely to be by a follower of [[William Scrots]]. The background inscription gives Edward's age as six, but this has been doubted after x-rays of the underpainting.<ref>{{Harvnb|Strong|1969|pp=92–93}}; {{Harvnb|Rowlands|1985|pp=235–236}}.</ref>}} {{Circa|1543}}–1546, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York]]

On 1 July 1543, Henry signed the [[Treaty of Greenwich]] with the [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scots]], sealing the peace with Edward's [[Engagement|betrothal]] to the seven-month-old [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], granddaughter of Edward's aunt and Henry's sister [[Margaret Tudor]]. The Scots were in a weak bargaining position after their defeat at the [[Battle of Solway Moss]] in November 1542, and Henry, seeking to unite the two realms, stipulated that Mary be handed over to him to be brought up in England.{{Sfn|Skidmore|2007|p=30}} When the Scots repudiated the treaty in December 1543 and renewed their alliance with France, Henry was enraged. In April 1544, he ordered Edward's uncle, [[Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford]], to invade Scotland and "put all to fire and sword, [[Burning of Edinburgh|burn Edinburgh town]], so razed and defaced when you have sacked and gotten what ye can of it, as there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon [them] for their falsehood and disloyalty".{{Sfn|Wormald|2001|p=58}} Seymour responded with the most savage campaign ever launched by the English against the Scots.{{Efn|"His detailed reports to his master are a hideous record of fire and bloodshed, chronicled in the most factual and laconic manner."{{Sfn|Wormald|2001|p=59}}}} The war, which continued into Edward's reign, has become known as "the [[Rough Wooing]]".