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former Clerk of King’s Treasury, Lord Clerk Register and Comptroller

*Master Conrad, physician; tenant of Cousland

*Thomas Smyth, royal apothecary

LANDOWNERS:

*William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of Caithness, married firstly to *Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Buchan, and secondly to *Marjorie, daughter of the late *Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath

*Beatrix Sinclair, his sister, married to the late *James, 7th Earl of Douglas

*Another sister, married to the late *George Dunbar, Earl of March

*Euphemia (Phemie) Dunbar, their daughter, Earl William’s niece; formerly of Haddington Priory

*Sir David of Sumburgh, Shetland, his illegitimate son; Keeper of Dingwall Castle

*Sir Oliver (Nowie) Sinclair of Roslin and Herbertshire, son of Earl William by his second wife; married firstly to *Elizabeth Borthwick, daughter of Lord Borthwick; secondly to *Isabella Livingstone; and thirdly to *Cristina Haldane; cousin of Phemie

*Elizabeth (Betha) Sinclair, Oliver’s full sister, widow of *Patrick Dunbar of Blantyre and Cumnock; former supervisor of Mary and Margaret, King James’s sisters

*William, 2nd Earl of Caithness, Oliver’s full brother; Justiciar, chamberlain and sheriff for Bishops of Caithness

*Eleanora Sinclair, Oliver’s full sister, second wife of John, Earl of Atholl, q.v.; cousin of Phemie

*John Sinclair, another of Oliver’s full brothers

*Catherine Sinclair, Oliver’s half-sister, daughter of Earl William by his first wife; first wife of Alexander, Duke of Albany, q.v.

*William (the Waster) of Cousland, Dysart and Ravenscraig, Oliver’s half-brother and eventual 2nd Lord Sinclair of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire; son of Earl William by his first wife

*Henry Sinclair, son of William the Waster; farmer of Sinclair lordships in Orkney

*Cristina Dunbar, Phemie’s sister, married to *Alexander Innes, heir to *James Innes of Innes of north-east Scotland

*William, Thane of Cawdor; Constable of Nairn Castle; trading partner of *Hugh Ross, q.v.

*William Cumming of Inverallochy (Marchmont Herald)

*Cristina Preston, his second wife

*Thomas and *Alexander Cumming, Aberdeenshire kinsmen of Marchmont Herald, q.v., in business with *Thomas (Bistan) Cochrane and *Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, q.v.

*Hugh Ross of Kilravock, Nairn; trading partner of Cawdor

*Patrick Hepburn of Dunsyre, 3rd Baron Hailes, Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed Castle; sheriff of Berwick; grandson of *Alexander, 1st Lord Home

*Alexander Hepburn of Whitsome, sheriff of Edinburgh

*John Murray of Touchadam, by Stirling, temporary royal captain of Dunbar Castle

*James Shaw of Sauchie, Governor of Stirling Castle and of person of Prince James

*Robert Lauder of the Bass, Keeper of Berwick-upon-Tweed Castle

*Alexander Lauder

*George, 2nd Lord Seton

*Robert, 2nd Lord Lyle

*Andrew, 2nd Lord Grey, supporter of the *Earl of Angus, q.v.

*Sir James Liddell of Halkerston, Creich, Dunbar and Edinburgh, steward to Albany

*William, 3rd Lord Crichton, son of *Janet Dunbar; cousin of Phemie

*Marion Livingstone, his wife

*John Ellem of Butterdene, captain of Dunbar Castle for Albany

*John and *Alexander Trotter, supporters of Albany

*William Dickson, bailie of Peebles and *Patrick, *David and *Thomas, supporters of Albany

*John Jardine of Applegarth and Jardinefield, Berwickshire

*Alexander Jardine, his nephew and subsequent heir

*Alexander (Sander) Jardine of Applegarth, his son, supporter of Angus and Albany

*David Purves, supporter of Albany

*James Gifford of Sheriffhall, kinsman of James Douglas, Earl of Morton, q.v.

*Archibald (Bell-the-Cat) Douglas of Tantallon (Red Douglas), 5th Earl of Angus and lord of Abernethy, married to *Elizabeth, daughter of Robert, Lord Boyd, q.v.

*Sir James Douglas, Earl of Morton and lord of Dalkeith, married to Joanna Stewart, q.v.

*John Douglas of Morton, their son

*Joanne, their daughter, married to *Thomas, Lord Erskine, q.v.

*Janet, another daughter, married to Patrick Hepburn of Hailes, q.v.

*Margaret Hepburn,

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