After the death of the King at the Battle of Sauchieburn and the coronation of his underage son James IV he raised an army to fight against the rebel lords who now controlled the government.
Nakon kraljeve smrti u bitci kod Sauchieburna i krunidbe njegova maloljetnoga sina Jakova IV., podigao je vojsku kako bi se borio protiv pobunjenih lordova koji su sada kontrolirali vlast.