[5] and the inscription, "Ane good mane is to be chosen above great riches, and loving favour is above silver and above most fyne golde, 1569".
[7] Acheson and her servant came to the lodging of the English commander William Drury in Leith and received his obligation or IOU for the jewels.
The Deacons of the crafts undertook to send 150 men to serve as soldiers at the siege of Hamilton, and tax money was raised to fund them.
[10] James VI had been living at Stirling Castle, and towards the end of 1579 he was proclaimed an adult ruler and made a formal Entry to Edinburgh.
As a gift to him, the town council commissioned a cupboard of silver plate from the goldsmiths Edward Hart, Thomas Annand, George Heriot, Adam Craig, and William Cokky.
[14] She also had an interest in a property, the "great lodging" in the Cowgate, and paid an "annualrent" from it to the lawyer John Shairp and his wife, Eufame Acheson.