Editing Battle of Langside (section)

==Mary at Hamilton==
Mary declared at [[Hamilton Palace|Hamilton]] that her abdication, and her consent to the coronation of James, had been extorted from her under duress.<ref>[[Robert Pitcairn (antiquary)|Robert Pitcairn]], [https://archive.org/details/memorialsoftra5100bannuoft/page/228/mode/2up ''Memorials of the transactions in Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1836), p. 228]</ref> An act of council was then passed, declaring the whole process by which Moray had been appointed as Regent to be [[treason]]able.<ref>Jane E. A Dawson, 'Regent Moray and John Knox', Steven J. Reid, ''Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland'' (Boydell, 2014), 177.</ref> On 8 May a [[Contract|bond]] was drawn up by those present for her restitution, signed by eight earls, nine bishops, eighteen lords, twelve abbots, and nearly one hundred barons.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 403–404 no. 650.</ref> Mary would later write that her enemies were only five miles away.<ref>[[Agnes Strickland]], ''Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots'', vol. 1 (London, 1842), p. 83.</ref>

[[Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville|Robert Melville]] brought a [[jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots|diamond ring, and four or more brooches]] to Mary at Hamilton. She gave the brooches to her supporters. The ring, with a heart shaped diamond, had been a gift from [[Elizabeth I]] with a promise of help. Mary asked her servant John Beaton to carry the ring back to Elizabeth.<ref>William Boyd, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1905), p. 616 no. 728.</ref>