In October 1585 the exiled Protestant lords — including the Earl of Angus and the Master of Glamis, who had fled to England after their failed coup of 1584 — returned from England with an armed force and rode for Stirling. James VI was caught unawares; his favourite Captain James Stewart, now Earl of Arran, commanded the royal forces but could muster little resistance. The Protestant lords entered Stirling, Arran fled, and the king was compelled to accept the returning lords back into his council. It was a bloodless coup accomplished by a show of armed force rather than actual battle.
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