Editing James V (section)

=== Angus captivity ===
A plan was agreed to end the feuding among these opposing groups by allowing each of them in turn to act as host to the young king. However, the plan fell apart in November 1525 when, at the end of his period of custody, Angus refused to surrender the King who, in effect, became a prisoner of the Red Douglases for the next two-and-a-half years.<ref name=Ross195/> Angus again "erected" James V to full kingly powers, took him on justice ayres and kept him under close supervision. He spoiled the King with various lavish gifts in an attempt to buy his favour and make the detention more tolerable, and when James showed signs of tiring of these gifts, Angus also introduced the adolescent king to the pleasures of the flesh with a succession of [[prostitute]]s.<ref name="Ross196">Ross, Stewart, ''The Stewart Dynasty'' (Thomas and Lochar, 1993), p. 196.</ref>

Angus overreached himself, assuming the office of [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland|Lord Chancellor]], and granting his followers almost every lucrative post available in the royal household.<ref name=Ross196/> While James V clearly enjoyed some aspects of his captivity, he grew to hate his captor. Several attempts were made to free the young king—one by [[Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch]], who ambushed the King's forces on 25 July 1526 at the [[Battle of Melrose]] and was routed off the field. Another attempt later that year, on 4 September at the [[Battle of Linlithgow Bridge]], failed again to relieve the King from the clutches of Angus.<ref name=Ross196/> In May 1528 James finally escaped from Angus's captivity when he fled from Edinburgh to Stirling in disguise. After meeting with his mother at Stirling, James V re-entered Edinburgh in July with a large army. Summoned for [[treason]], Angus holed himself up in Tantallon Castle until an agreement was reached whereby he was allowed to go into exile in England after surrendering his castles.<ref name=Ross196/>