Treaty of Ayton

The Treaty of Ayton, signed in 1497, marked a truce between Scotland and England during the reigns of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England. The agreement came about following tensions exacerbated by the involvement of the Scots in the support of the pretender Perkin Warbeck, who claimed the English throne. The treaty, signed in the village of Ayton in Berwickshire, aimed to pave the way for lasting peace between the two nations. Its significance is also marked by the subsequent marriage of James IV to Henry VII's daughter, Margaret Tudor, in 1503, which eventually led to the Union of the Crowns in 1603 when James VI of Scotland became James I of England.