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*William Goldsmith, ‘the Halfpenny Man’, moneyer, gun-smelter
*William Tor of Tor, hammerman; descendant of Warden of the Royal Mint
*Matthew Auchinleck, goldsmith, Canongate
*Alan Landells, of moneyer family, former occupant of King’s secure Blackness house
*Thomas Mulliken, of Florentine mint masters, in Scotland for three generations
*James MacCalzeane, Edinburgh burgess and goldsmith, and burgess brother *John
Alexander (Eck) Scougal, manager of East Lothian stud of Knights of St John
*John of Scougal, East Lothian, cousin of *John Scougal of that Ilk
*Patrick Flockhart, commander of the Archers of the Guard of the French King
*Thomas Swift, merchant, with great mansion in High Street, Edinburgh
*Dean Walter Swift, his brother; Holyrood chaplain; occupant of former Royal Mint
*Robert Grey, butcher, of Canongate and High Street booths
*Isabel (Isa) Williamson, Tolbooth trader; supplier to King James
Lang Bessie, brewster-wife, High Street tavern
*Hector Meldrum, royal macer, of Canongate and High Street booths
*Henry Cant, merchant with booth in Edinburgh; sailed with Walter
Bertram, q.v., and kin to his wife
*John Napier of Merchiston, variously merchant, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household; married to *Margaret Preston; claimant to earldom of Lennox through second marriage to *Elizabeth Menteith, elder sister of Agnes, wife of Sir John Haldane, q.v.
*Janet Napier, of the same family, married to *John Wilson, burgess of Edinburgh
*John (Johnnie) Ramsay, heir and probable son of Janet Napier; married to *Isobel Cant
*Sir Gilbert Johnstone of Elphinstone, King’s armiger and future Deputy Constable and sheriff of Edinburgh
*Adam, his son, and *Adam, his brother
*James Russell, associate of Johnstone
*John Heriot of Longniddry, another associate
*James Gullane of Newbattle, another associate
MUSICIANS AND POETS:
*William Roger (Whistle Willie), English musician long resident at Scottish Court
*Blind Harry, travelling ballad-maker
*John Reid (Stobo), churchman, royal clerk and poet
*Sir Richard Holland, clerk, poet and English pensioner
*Robert Henryson, law graduate and notary; schoolmaster at Dunfermline
*Sir John Ross of Hawkhead, q.v., poet
*James Auchinleck, poet, husband of Sir John’s daughter Gelis, q.v.
England:
*King Edward IV, House of York
*Cicely Nevill, Duchess of York, his mother
*Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, his sister, q.v.
*Elizabeth Woodville, his Queen
*Cecilia, their second daughter, contracted in childhood to son of King James III of Scotland
*George, Duke of Clarence, King Edward’s brother
*Richard (Dickon), Duke of Gloucester, sheriff of Cumberland, Warden of the West March, Admiral of England, George’s younger brother
*Anne Nevill, Richard’s wife
*Dr Alexander Leigh, canon of Windsor, Almoner to King Edward
*Humphrey, Lord Dacre of Gilsland
*Henry (Harry) Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, sheriff of Northumberland, Constable of Bamburgh Castle and Warden of East and Middle Marches
*Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, brother of Queen Elizabeth
*Sir Edward Woodville, brother of Queen Elizabeth
*Thomas Grey, Earl of Huntingdon, Marquis of Dorset, son of Queen Elizabeth by her first marriage
*Thomas, Lord Stanley, married to a sister of *Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick
*John (Jack), Lord Howard, King’s lieutenant and captain of main fleet against Scotland
*Sir Thomas Fulford, commander of west coast fleet
Hector, mason
France and Lorraine:
*William Monypenny, Lord of Concressault, a Scot resident in France; envoy of French King
Bernard de Moncourt, seigneur de Chouzy, by Blois
Claude d’Échaut, his wife
*Dr John Ireland, Scots scholar resident in France; envoy of the French King
*René II, Duke of Lorraine in succession to his grandfater *Rene I, Duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, Count of Provence
Germany, Holy Roman Empire,