April 10

Cromwells New Model Army is victorious at Macroom, Co. Cork

King James V was born at Linlithgow Palace, son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor

King James V was born at Linlithgow Palace on 10 April 1512, son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor (daughter of King Henry VII of England). He was only 17 months old when his father, King James IV, was defeated by an English army at Flodden on September 9 1513. This was the heaviest defeat ever experienced by a Scottish army, with the slaughter of the King and the flower of Scottish nobility.

Following the death of Ralph de Ufford, Roger Darcy is appointed justiciar