In 1589 Aberdeen was the scene of violent faction fighting between Gordon supporters and the Protestant anti-Gordon faction backed by the Forbes and Leslie clans. The Gordon dominance of Aberdeen — whose Catholic merchant community broadly supported the earls — clashed with the Crown-backed Protestant interest. Street violence and the seizure of civic offices created a miniature civil war within the burgh. James VI sent commissioners to restore order but the underlying tension between Gordon power and Protestant civic authority in Aberdeen continued through the whole Catholic earls crisis.
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