The following is a partial timeline of the history of golf: 1421 – A Scottish regiment aiding the French against the English at the Siege of Baugé is introduced to the game of chole. Hugh Kennedy, Robert Stewart and John Smale, three of the identified players, are credited with introducing the game in Scotland. 1457 – Golf, along with football, is banned by the Scots Parliament of James II to preserve the skills of archery. Golf is prohibited on Sundays because it has interfered with military training for the wars against the English. 1470 – The ban on golf is reaffirmed by the Parliament of James III. 1491 – The golf ban is affirmed again by Parliament, this time under James IV. 1502 – With the signing of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland, the ban on golf is lifted. James IV makes the first recorded purchase of golf equipment, a set of golf clubs from a bow-maker in Perth. 1513 – Queen Catherine, queen consort of England, in a letter to Cardinal Wolsey, refers to the growing popularity of golf in England. 1527 – The first commoner recorded as a golfer is Sir Robert Maule, described as playing on Barry Links, Angus (near the modern-day town of Carnoustie). 1552 – The first recorded evidence of golf at St. Andrews, Fife. 1553 – The Archbishop of St Andrews issues a decree giving the local populace the right to play golf on the links at St. Andrews. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, seen playing golf at Seton Palace shortly after the death of her husband Lord Darnley, is the first known female golfer. 1589 – Golf is banned in the Blackfriars Yard, Glasgow. This is the earliest reference to golf in the west of Scotland. 1592 – The Royal Burgh of Edinburgh bans golfing at Leith on Sunday "in tyme of sermonis." (Eng: sermons) 1618 – Invention of the featherie ball. King James VI of Scotland and I of England confirms the right of the populace to play golf on Sundays. 1621 – First recorded reference to golf on the links of Dornoch (later Royal Dornoch), in the far north of Scotland. 1641 – Charles I is playing golf at Leith when he learns of the Irish rebellion, marking the beginning of the English Civil War. He finishes his round. 1642 – John Dickson receives a licence