Events from 1538 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents Monarch – James V

Events 9 May – James V and Mary of Guise are married by proxy at the Château de Châteaudun. The King's proxy Lord Maxwell gave the bride a diamond ring.Pamela E. Ritchie, Mary of Guise (Tuckwell, 2002), p. 14. 16 November – Mary of Guise makes her royal entry to Edinburgh on St Margaret's Day.Jamie Cameron, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), p. 264: Diurnal of Occurrents (Edinburgh, 1833), p. 22.

Births Alexander Arbuthnot (poet) James Lawson (minister)

Deaths Isabella Hoppringle, Prioress of Coldstream James Hay (bishop)

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