Abstract
This chapter considers Marian policy toward the Scots in Ulster. Mary I, like Henry VIII before her, aimed at establishing sovereignty over the north of Ireland. After initial attempts to resolve Scottish interference in Ulster by incorporation and diplomacy failed, Mary I appointed Thomas Radcliff, earl of Sussex, as lord deputy. He made expulsion of the Scots a priority and sought to unite the Gaelic Irish and Old English in anti-Scottish sentiment. Mary I’s former conciliatory attitude toward the Scots had always been contingent on Scottish cooperation, and Sussex’s stance did not signal a dramatic shift in royal policy.
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Woods, J. (2017). Mary I, Mary of Guise and the Strong Hand of the Scots: Marian Policy in Ulster and Anglo-Scottish Diplomacy, 1553–1558. In: Paranque, E., Probasco, N., Jowitt, C. (eds) Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57159-1_2
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