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The English Conquest of and Henry VIII in the Mural, by Remigius van Leemput, 17th century, , , Surrey. • Wales and before the Tudors – The revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr, 1400-1408 • Owain a descendant of the native of • Declaration of independent Welsh at • The Tudor Dynasty – Henry VII, r. 1485-1509 • Grandson of ’s widow and a Welsh squire – Arthur, d. 1502 – Henry VIII, r. 1509-1547 The Tudors and Wales

• Henry VIII and Wales – Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, ex. 1521 – Rhys ap Gruffudd of Dinefwr, ex. 1531 – Council of the Marches of Wales – Rowland Lee, bishop of and , appointed head of council of Wales in 1534 – Act of Union, 1536 – Act of Union, 1543 • Edward VI, r. 1547-1553 • Mary I, r. 1553-1558 • , r. 1558-1603 – First Welsh Bible in 1588 – presented as a ‘return’ to the old ‘Celtic Church’ The Act of Union (Wales)

• His Highness therefore of a singular Zeal, Love and Favour that he beareth towards his Subjects of his said of Wales, minding and intending to reduce them to the perfect Order, Notice and Knowledge of his Laws of this Realm, and utterly to extirp all and singular the sinister Usages and Customs differing from the same, and to bring the said Subjects f this his Realm, and of his said Dominion of Wales, to an amicable Concord and Unity, hath by the deliberate Advice, Consent and Agreement of the and Temporal and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, ordained, enacted and established, that his said or Dominion of Wales shall be, stand and continue for ever from henceforth incorporated, united and annexed to and with this his Realm of England… • All Welsh were to have the “singular Freedoms, Liberties, Rights, Privileges and Laws” as the English • The and Marcher lordships were to be “united, annexed and joined to divers of the of England” Wales after the Acts of Union The Tudors and Scotland Portrait of James IV, , Scottish National Portrait Gallery, . • The Auld – Scotland and • James IV, r. 1488-1513 – Abolition of MacDonald lordship of the isles, 1493 – , 1513 • James V, r. 1513-1542 – Marriage to , 1536 • Henry VIII’s “” of Scotland, 1542-1550 – Support for MacDonald revolt – Proposed marriage of Edward and Mary of Scotland – , 1547 The English Conquest of Wales and Scotland statue, by Pittendrigh MacGillivray, 1904, St. Giles , Edinburgh. • The Reformation in Scotland – John Knox and • On the Monstrous of Women, 1558 – Mary of Guise, d. 1559 – Archibald , earl of , 1558-1573 – Scottish Civil War, 1559-1560 – Mary Queen of Scots, r. 1542-1567 – James VI, r. 1567-1625 – Scots Gaelic Bible printed in 1606 – Scottish Church (Kirk) • Presbyterians versus Episcopalians The Stuarts and Scotland Portrait of James VI/I, by Jan de Critz, 1606, National Maritime Museum, . • James VI and I, r. 1567/1603-1625 – “One king, one people, one law” – The proposed union • Abolish mutually hostile laws • Establish free trade • All Scots resident in England before James’ rule to be naturalized as English • Create a common currency, the Unite • Use of the Great Union/ The Stuarts and Scotland The Union Jack

• Plot, 1605 • Writing of Shakespeare’s Macbeth • The instrument of union, 1606-1607 – Abolition of mutually hostile laws (only proposal accepted) – Establishment of free trade – Mutual naturalization of James’ Scottish and English subjects – Anglo-Scottish extradition treaty • James and the Scottish Kirk – Episcopalianism vesus Presbyterianism The Stuarts and Scotland Charles I and as Apollo and , Gerrit van Honthorst, 1628, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey. • Charles I, r. 1625-1649 – Commission for Surrenders and Teinds, 1627 – English Episcopalian practices and a new Scottish prayer book and liturgy imposed on Scottish church in – General Assembly of the Kirk, 1638 • Scottish Presbyterians rejected Episcopalianism – Campbells (Protestants) versus MacDonalds (Catholics) – Charles’ Scottish war, 1639-1640 – Treaty of , 1641 The and Scotland

• Civil War, 1642-1646, and its aftermath – Oliver Cromwell, d. 1658 – The “,” 1644-1645 • Catholic MacDonalds versus Protestant Campbells – Charles I tried for treason and executed, 1649 – Scots Protestants invited Charles II to Edinburgh and crowned him in 1649 – Cromwell’s forces drove Charles II into exile, fought Scots Protestant army • The Commonwealth, 1649-1660 – Cromwell as “” – Cromwell’s policy toward Scotland • English garrisons in all of lowland Scotland • Punitive taxation • Scottish public records seized and taken to London • Scottish monarchy declared “redundant” • Scotland’s royal arms ritually hanged on gallows in Edinburgh • dissolved, 30 MPs sent south to London The of the Stuart dynasty Portrait of James II, Nicholas de Largilliere, 1685, National Maritime Museum, London.

• Charles II, r. 1660-1685 – Restoration of Scottish parliament – Scottish Kirk placed in the hands of Episcopalians – in hands of English officials – Campbell earls of Argyll highly placed in Scottish government • James II, r. 1685-1688 – Catholic and absolutist tendencies • The , 1688 The Last of the Stuarts Portrait of Anne, by Michael Dahl, 1705, National Portrait Gallery, London. • William III and Mary II, r. 1689-1694/1702 – Act of Settlement, 1701 • Anne, r. 1702-1714 – Act of Union, 1707 – Abolition of Scottish privy council, 1708 – Queen of , 1707-1714 England finally conquers Scotland A Lost Cause: the flight of James II after the , Andrew Carrick , 1888, Art Gallery, London. • Jacobites – Latin for James = Jacobus • Battle of the Boyne, 1690 • Scottish oath of loyalty to William and Mary • , February 13th 1692 – MacDonalds of Glencoe – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair and Secretary of State for Scotland, d. 1707 • Act of Settlement, 1701 – Formally barred Catholic Stuarts from the • Act of Union, 1707 – Formally joined England and Scotland The letter to Campbell forces before the massacre of Glencoe

• You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the McDonalds of Glenco, and put all to the sword under seventy. You are to have a special care that the old Fox and his sons doe upon no account escape your hands, you are to secure all the avenues that no man escape. This you are to putt in execution at fyve of the clock precisely; and by that time, or very shortly after it, I' strive to be att you with a stronger party: if I doe not come to you att fyve, you are not to tarry for me, but to fall on. This is by the Kings speciall command, for the good & safety of the Country, that these miscreants be cutt off root and branch. See that this be putt in execution without or favour, else you may expect to be dealt with as one not true to King nor Government, nor a man fitt to carry Commissione in the Kings service. Expecting you will not faill in the fulfilling hereof, as you love your selfe, I subscribe these with my hand att Balicholis Feb: 12, 1692 • For their Majesties service • To Capt. Robert Campbell • of Glenlyon

• (signed) R. Duncanson The Kings over the Water

• Attempts to repeal the Act of Union, 1713 • The Jacobites – The white rose – Jacobite toasts--“the king over the water” and “the little gentlemen in black velvet” • First Jacobite revolt, 1715-1716 – James Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766) proclaimed James III and VIII – Jacobite forces led by the Earl of Mar – English forces led by the Duke of Argyll – Battle of , 1715 – James would become known as “the Old ” The Kings over the Water Bonnie Charlie entering Holyroodhouse, by John Pettie, 1898, Palace of Holyroodhouse. • Reactions to the first revolt – The , 1716 – Creation of the Highland Companies (the Black Watch) – Seizure of lands of Jacobites • Second Jacobite revolt, 1745-1746 – , the Young Pretender, “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” d. 1788 Manifesto of the Prince Regent, May 16, 1745 • By virtue and authority of the above commission of regency, granted unto us by the King our royal father, we are now come to execute His Majesty’s will and pleasure, by setting up his Royal Standard, and asserting his undoubted right to the Throne of his ancestors… • As for those who shall appear more signally zealous for the recovery of His Majesty’s just rights, and the prosperity of their country, we shall take effectual care to have them rewarded according to their respective degrees and merits; and we particularly promise as aforesaid, a full, free, and general to all officers, soldiers, and sailors, now engaged in the service of the usurper… The Second Jacobite Revolt

• , 1745 • Battle of , September 1745 • The to London, November-December 1745 • , January 1746 • , April 1746 – 9000 English led by the duke of versus 6000 Jacobites led by Lord George Murray – Charles fled the battle and escaped to France in September 1746 Left—Monument at Culloden battlefield; right—Hunted Down, by John Pettie, 1877, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, Scotland. The aftermath of Culloden

• Cumberland’s ravaging of the Highlands • Seizure of lands of Jacobites • Act of Proscription, 1746 (repealed in 1782) – banned – Playing of bagpipes banned – Keeping of weapons banned • Heritable Act, 1747 – Abolished Scottish chiefs’ right to call up men • Prison, transportation and indentured servitude, execution for captured and convicted Jacobites