I imagine the first question anyone will ask is what is a column called "Scottish Flotsam". I guess we will have to begin with what is "flotsam". Among the definitions of the word are "things washed ashore" or "miscellaneous trifles". Well, we believe you can find some great treasure on the ocean shore. But -- you will never know what you will find or its value. So we decided that is what this column is - flotsam. We wanted a place to put things that didn't fit anywhere else and might be of interest. Each item could be a column itself and might be some day but for now it will be the flotsam, which washes our way.

The Duke of Somerset (1506 -52) in charge of England in the years 1547 - 9 continued the policy towards Scotland known as the Rough Wooing. Accordingly in September 1547, the English decisively defeated a Scottish force at eh battle of Pinkie. The Earl of Arran (1516 -75) faced with an English occupation of the Lowlands and unable to rely on many of his own countrymen turned again to France for further assistance. Thus on July 1548 at a meeting of French and Scottish representatives near Haddington, the main English headquarters, it was agreed that in return for French military aid, the Scottish government would sent their queen, May (1542-87) to France where she would ultimately be married to the Dauphin. At the same time, Arran also took good care to look after his Hamilton family interests' hi sown financial peccadilloes were to be overlooked, his governorship of the kingdom during Mary's minority was guaranteed and he was to receive the dukedom of Chatelherault. His half-brother John (1512 - 71) was to have his appointment as archbishop of St Andrews confirmed, with the French withdrawing any obstacles at Rome to this.

Militarily the treaty was not particularly significant since the English withdrawal in September 1549 was more for other considerations than the efforts of the Franco-Scottish forces. On the other hand it did underline the sterility of English policy towards Scotland in those years and how it only helped towards the latter increasing becoming a French satellite.

Dickinson, W. C., Donaldson, G, Milne, I., eds, A Source book of Scottish History II, Nelson 1963.
Donaldson, G., Scotland: James V to James VII, Oliver & Boyd, 1965.

Now lets look at some specific dates:

1914 - June 12
Calls for the return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland followed a suffragette attack on the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey.

1598 - June 22
A patent was granted to Archibald Napier of Merchiston, for technique to manure land using common salt, nothing more was heard of the plan.

1559 - June 126
Army of the Reformation took Perth from a French Garrison.

1315 - June 29
Scots army of Edward Bruce stormed into Dundalk after defeating the Anglo-Irish barons.

Source - Scotching the Myths by Jim Hewiston can be found in the History Book Section of Scottish Radiance.

It is time to stop combing the library but we can not quit without some quotes from Quotable Scots another great History bookshelf resident. Let's see what quotes we can find.

Banking

Local managers in some areas have gone mental.
Royal Bank of Scotland staff member

Cha bhi fios air a chràdh gus an tig e..

Pain is not known till it come.

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