Henry's negotiations for the kidnapping of James were of April of the same year.

Margaret, the young queen, after her marriage, was soon involved in bitter quarrels over her dowry with her own family; the slaying of a Sir Robert Ker, Warden of the Marches, by a Heron in a Border fray (1508), left an unhealed sore, as England would not give up Heron and his accomplice.

Henry VII.

had been pacific, but his death, in 1509, left James to face his hostile brother- in-law, the fiery young Henry VIII.
In 1511 the Holy League under the Pope, against France, imperilled James's French ally.

He began to build great ships of war; his sea-captain, Barton, pirating about, was defeated and slain by ships under two of the Howards, sons of the Earl of Surrey (August 1511).