Editing Mary of Guise (section)

=== At Haddington===
After a Scottish defeat at the [[Battle of Pinkie]] in September 1547, French military aid weakened English resolve and increased the power base of Mary of Guise, who remained in Scotland. Equipped with a newly painted spear for her royal standard,<ref>''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland'', vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1911), p. 195.</ref> Mary came to view the progress of the [[siege of Haddington]] in July 1548. On 9 July her party came in range of the English guns and sixteen of her entourage were killed around her.<ref>''Calendar of State Papers Spain'', vol. 9 (London, 1912), p. 569: [https://books.google.com/books?id=UYVCAAAAcAAJ Teulet, A., ed., ''Relations politiques de la France et de l'Espagne avec l'Écosse au XVIe siècle'', vol. 1 (1862), pp. 220–221]</ref><ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Scottish Queens: 1034–1714'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2007), p. 118.</ref> Following this terrifying incident, Mary gave one of her gunners at Haddington, Andro Straitoun, a reward of a month's wages, £4 [[Pound Scots|Scots]].<ref>''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland'', vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1911), p. 226.</ref>

By the resolution of the Scottish Parliament made at [[Abbey of St Mary, Haddington|Haddington Abbey]] on 7 July,<ref>[http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?a=fcf&fn=maryi_ms&id=id4505&t=ms ''Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707'' Haddington Abbey]</ref> the child [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary]] was sent to France in August 1548 to be raised with her husband-to-be, the dauphin [[Francis II of France|Francis]], son of [[Henry II of France]]. Guise first planned to sail with Mary from [[Dumbarton Castle|Dumbarton]] as far as [[Whithorn]] where she would make pilgrimage.<ref>''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 155.</ref> Instead, she returned for a council meeting in Edinburgh.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Mary of Guise'' (Collins, 1977), p. 175.</ref>