Picture: James IV of Scotland On this day in history, 17th March... 1473 - Birth of James IV, King of Scots, at Stirling in Scotland. He was the eldest son of James III and Margaret of Denmark, the husband of Margaret Tudor and the father of King James V. James reign lasted from June 1488 to 9th September 1513 when he was killed at the Battle of Flodden. 1565 - Death of Alexander Ales (Alesius, Aless), theologian and reformer, in Edinburgh. 1570 - Death of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, soldier, courtier and landowner, at Hampton Court, aged sixty-three. Herbert was married to Anne Parr, sister of Catherine Parr. Herbert served Henry VIII as an Esquire of the Body, a gentleman spear and a Gentleman of the Kings Privy Chamber. When his sister-in-law Catherine Parr became queen, he was even more favoured, was awarded various grants and offices, and was promoted to be Joint Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. He was also named as an executor of the Kings will. Herbert was made a Knight of the Garter in Edward VIs reign and won favour with Mary I by helping to put down Wyatts Rebellion in 1554. He continued to be in favour in Elizabeths reign. 1612 - Death of Thomas Holland, Calvinist scholar and theologian, at Exeter College, Oxford. He was buried in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, in the chancel. Holland, with six other scholars, helped to translate the prophetic books of the “Old Testament” for the “Authorised Version of the Bible”, and held the positions of Rector of Exeter College and Regius Professor of Divinity.
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