Following failed attempts to purchase Commerce_buy the islands from the Norwegian king , the Scots launched Process_start military Military_operation operations .

The advance Self_motion of the Scots threatened Bodily_harm to divide the Norwegian forces , so the contingent on the mound ran to rejoin Cause_to_amalgamate their comrades on the beach below .

There was fierce fighting Hostile_encounter on the beach , and the Scots took up a position Temporary_stay on the mound formerly held Defending by the Norwegians .

The Scots withdrew Escaping from the scene and the Norwegians reboarded Self_motion their ships .

Charles and his minister Thomas Wentworth were unable to persuade Convincing the English Parliament , which itself was unhappy with Charles 's civil and religious policies , to pay Commerce_pay for an army to put down the Scots .

The Lanercost Chronicle records Recording that `` all that beautiful castle the Scots pulled Motion down to the ground , like the other castles that they had succeeded in capturing Conquering , lest the English should ever again rule Control the land by holding Hold the castles . ''

Complexities of enfeoffment and dynastic `` appanage '' magnified Expansion a localized feud into one including supporters from the Electorate of the Palatinate and Dutch , Scots and English mercenaries on the Protestant side , and Bavarian and papal mercenaries on the Catholic side .

Those killed Killing were mainly Territorial soldiers from the 1/7th ( Leith ) Battalion , the Royal Scots heading for Gallipoli .

It killed Killing Paul Craig ( a 22-year-old plasterer ) , two members of the Scots Guards and two members of the Women 's Royal Army Corps .

There is reason to suspect that this region was lost Earnings_and_losses to the Scots upon the collapse of Máel Coluim 's rebellion Change_of_leadership , and afterwards doled out to powerful Scottish magnates in the context of Scottish consolidation Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale .

Somairle may have also invaded Attack the region in an attempt to counter Hostile_encounter a perceived threat that the Scots posed to his authority in the Firth of Clyde .

Charles favoured Choosing an episcopal system , or rule by bishops , while the majority of Scots advocated Convincing a presbyterian system , without bishops .

Robert Bruce had been crowned Change_of_leadership King of Scots after being involved Cause_to_be_included in the murder Killing of John `` the Red '' Comyn , a leading rival , and one of the most powerful men in Scotland , the previous year 1306 .

When Mary , Queen of Scots visited Traveling Inverness on 9 September 1562 the gates of the castle were shut in her face by Alexander Gordon upon the orders Arranging of George Gordon , 4th Earl of Huntly , who was chief of Clan Gordon and Sheriff of the county .

In 1299 , the castle was in English hands , when the constable , John Sampson , was besieged Besieging by the Scots .

In 1304 , Edward I of England besieged Besieging the Scots , deploying Arranging siege engines to force Request the garrison to surrender Surrendering .

Between 1571 and 1585 , the castle was besieged Besieging three times by Scots factions during the reign of James VI .