Walter Scott of Buccleuch was arrested and held in Edinburgh Castle in 1597 as part of the diplomatic fallout from the Kinmont Willie rescue from Carlisle the previous year. Elizabeth I had demanded Buccleuch's surrender to English justice; James VI compromised by imprisoning him in Scotland. Buccleuch was held for some months before eventually being released. His detention in Edinburgh was accompanied by considerable military tension — Buccleuch's Border affinity remained armed and potentially volatile. The episode illustrated how Border incidents could create genuine interstate crises between Scotland and England.
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