John Bellenden

[1] This translation, Croniklis of Scotland is a very free one, with a good deal of matter not in the original, so that it may be almost considered as a new work.

[6] Mariota was the nurse of James V. John's sister Katherine Bellenden was a courtier, connected with the royal wardrobe and worked with Janet Douglas, who was the wife of David Lyndsay of the Mount, the diplomat, poet, and playwright.

[7] Katherine Bellenden was married to Adam Hopper, then Francis Bothwell, and thirdly to the royal favorite Oliver Sinclair.

[8] Alan Balatine is a supposed historian mentioned by Edward Hall in the list of the English writers from whose works he compiled his Chronicle.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography makes it clear that this person is very likely a misnomer for Bellenden, rather than a separate individual.