Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . dto the rank of Duke of Somerset. 126. Trouble with Scotland.—The first important eventin the reign was a war with Scotland. After the battle of Flodden, border raids weremade both by the Englishand by the Scots. In 1542,at Solway Moss, a Scottisharmy, about to invade Eng-land, was scattered, in amoment of confusion, by afew hundred English horse-men under Lord V was so disheartenedat this disgrace that he left the throne to hisinf
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . dto the rank of Duke of Somerset. 126. Trouble with Scotland.—The first important eventin the reign was a war with Scotland. After the battle of Flodden, border raids weremade both by the Englishand by the Scots. In 1542,at Solway Moss, a Scottisharmy, about to invade Eng-land, was scattered, in amoment of confusion, by afew hundred English horse-men under Lord V was so disheartenedat this disgrace that he left the throne to hisinfant daughter, afterwardsfamous in history as Maiy,Queen of Scots. Somersetnow tried to arrange a mar-riage between Edward andthe young queen. Perhapsthe marriage might have been arranged by a man of tact,but Somersets plan was an invasion of Scotland. Crossingthe border with a large army, he totally defeated the Scotsat Pinkie, and desolated the countiy with fire and as the Scots sent their young queen to France, whereshe married the Dauphin, as son of the 1 mg ofFrance was called, the English won no real Edward VI 1547-49] THE TUDOR SOVEREIGNS 129 127. Somerset and the church.—Soniorset had always beenstrongly in sympathy with the Protestant reformers, andnow that he was in power, he was prepared to make changesin the church that would favour Protestantism. Edward,too, had been brought up in the ideas of the reformers, andgave him every encouragement. Though the people, owing to the spread of Protestant doc-trines, were perhaps more ready for changes than they hadbeen in Henrys time, yet the duke went on with his inno-vations far more rapidly than the greater number wereprepared to follow him. The Six Articles were repealed,and such changes made in the form of worship as robbed itof many of its old forms and ceremonies. In 1549 Parliamentauthorized a Book of Common Prayer, prepared by Arch-bishop Cranmer, for use in all churches. It was tak
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