A ranar 2 ga Mayu, 1568, Maryamu ta tsere daga Loch Leven Castle tare da taimakon George Douglas, ɗan'uwan Sir William Douglas, mai gidan. Ta gudanar da tattara rundunar sojoji 6,000, ta sadu da ƙananan sojojin Moray a yakin Langside a ranar 13 ga Mayu. An ci nasara, ta gudu zuwa kudu; bayan da ta kwana a Dundrennan Abbey, ta haye Solway Firth zuwa Ingila ta jirgin ruwan kamun kifi a ranar 16 ga Mayu. Ta sauka a Workington a Cumberland a arewacin Ingila kuma ta kwana a Workington Hall. A ranar 18 ga Mayu, jami'an gida sun kama ta a tsare a Carlisle Castle. Maryamu ta yi tsammanin Elizabeth za ta taimaka mata ta sake dawo da kursiyinta. Elizabeth ta yi hankali, ta umarci bincike game da halayyar shugabancin tarayya da kuma tambayar ko Maryamu Darnley ta yi laifi a cikin yakin Langside a ranar 13 ga Mayu.
18 ga watan Mayu