At Lauder Bridge, the Scottish nobility mutinied against James III as he marched to defend against an English invasion. His court favorites — resented as low-born men elevated above their station — were hanged from the bridge by Archibald Douglas, known as Bell the Cat. James III was imprisoned briefly in Edinburgh Castle. The episode showed the fragility of royal authority in fifteenth-century Scotland.
Several royal favorites executed
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