 The lack of commitment to this meeting was regarded by English observers as a sign that Scotland was firmly allied to France and Catholicism, particularly by the influence of Cardinal Beaton, Keeper of the Privy Seal, and as a cause for war.In a July 1541 communication with Irish chiefs, James assumed the style of "Lord of Ireland" ("dominus Hiberniae"), as a further challenge to Henry VIII, lately created King of Ireland.As early as August 1517 a clause of the Treaty of Rouen provided that if the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland was maintained, James should have a French royal bride.