Siege of Leith

Siege of Leith
	Part of the European wars of religion
	; Map of the siege of Leith dated 7 May 1560 from Petworth House
Date	1560
Location	Leith55°58′26″N 3°10′19″W / 55.974°N 3.172°W
Result	Catholic/French withstood siege.; Mary of Guise died during the peace process.; Treaty of Edinburgh signed with withdraw of English and French troops from Scotland.; Auld Alliance between Scotland and France was dissolved.;
Belligerents
Catholic Scots ; France	Protestant Scots ; England
Commanders and leaders
Queen Mary of Guise; Henri Cleutin; Sébastien de Luxembourg; Jacques de la Brosse	James Hamilton; William Grey; James Croft; William Winter
Strength
French soldiers in Leith (28 May 1560): 2,300; others 2,000; French evacuated from Scotland in July 1560: 3,613 men, 267 women, 315 children	English total (25 May 1560): 12,466
Casualties and losses
7 May 1560: 15	7 May 1560: English: 800; Scottish: 400

The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation in 1548. In 1560 the French soldiers opposed Scottish supporters of religious reformation, and an English army arrived to besiege the French garrison at Leith. The town was not taken by force and the French troops finally left peacefully under the terms of a treaty signed by Scotland, England and France.^[5]

^ Steer, plate
^ HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 1 (1883), p. 220, 227: Haynes (1740), p. 347 reports by Peter Carew.
^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (1898), p. 455.
^ HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 1 (1883), p. 227.
^ Knight, p. 120

[1] Steer, plate

[2] HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 1 (1883), p. 220, 227: Haynes (1740), p. 347 reports by Peter Carew.

[Calendar_State_Papers_Scotland_1898-3] Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (1898), p. 455.

[4] HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 1 (1883), p. 227.

[k120-5] Knight, p. 120

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