 The death of James's mother in 1541 removed any incentive for peace with England, and war broke out.Initially the Scots won a victory at the Battle of Haddon Rig in August 1542.The Imperial ambassador in London, Eustace Chapuys, wrote on 2 October that the Scottish ambassadors ruled out a conciliatory meeting between James and Henry VIII in England until the pregnant Mary of Guise delivered her child.