Page "Mary of Guise" Paragraph 31

After an English assault on Leith was repulsed with heavy losses, some of the leaders of the Lords of the Congregation came to Edinburgh Castle on 12 May 1560 and had dinner with Mary and the keeper of the castle, Lord Erskine.

They discussed a plan made before the troubles, that Mary would have travelled to France and met Elizabeth in England, and her brother made Viceroy in Scotland, and the Lords again complained of Frenchmen appointed to Scottish government posts.

Negotiations to end the siege of Leith and demolish new fortifications at Dunbar Castle were continued.

The next day the talks ended as permission was refused for the French commanders in Leith to come to the castle to discuss the proposals with Mary.