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John
Acheson was confirmed as Master of the Mint in 1578. Other members of the Acheson family became officers of the mint, Thomas Acheson, master coiner, gave his name to groats worth eight pence minted in 1583. In 1597 John's son, James Acheson was master of the mint. He recommended a copper coinage
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In
December 1565, David Forrest, Acheson, and the officers of the mint were directed to coin a new "Marie ryall" worth 30 shillings, depicting a crowned palm tree, with a tortoise, called a "schell padocke" (a toad in a shell) climbing the trunk, with the motto "Dat Gloria Vires", with "Exurgat Deus
111:
In 1561 Acheson visited France to go to the queen and John Hart took his role at the mint. He wrote from
Edinburgh to Mary in on April 1561, mentioning he had delivered her letters to Comptroller Villemore and others. The great and the poor in Scotland wished she would soon return. He had taken her
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in
January 1562 allowing them to export lead ore to Flanders. In 1566 their rights were disputed by John Johnston, Robert Kerr, and John Gibson. Gibson had a contract for lead dating back to October 1560, which he had transferred to Johnston, James Lindsay, and Aslowan. Johnston and Ker were also
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James
Acheson, who became Master of the Mint, and married Mary Bowie. In 1598 James Acheson and an English man, Gavin Smith, received a patent for various new kind of pumps for draining mines and coal workings.
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ordered
Acheson to coin a "James Ryall", depicting a crowned sword with the motto "Pro Me Si Merior in Me" and on the other side the royal arms with crowned letters "JR" for
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and John
Acheson contracted with a Flemish metallurgist Abraham Peterson for the supply of refined silver. Peterson was also a business partner of the Flemish gold miner
42:
in 1547. He had obtained lands at "Poikmyln" near Perth. Janet Fisher held these lands in 1566. She had to go to law over a portion of the land held from
30:
He was the son of John
Acheson, a denizen or burgess of Edinburgh, and Janet Fisher. This John Acheson, who had been appointed to collect a tax for
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200:, and these were minted using machinery to form the blanks. James Acheson mended two gilt ships or nefs for the king's table in 1602. He and
117:
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794:
192:, where the king had stayed over the previous decade, and back to Edinburgh eleven times, staying each time ten days or more.
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et
Dissipentur Inimici Eius" around the edge. On the other side the coin had the royal arms and inscription for Mary and
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Mary Queen of Scots later used the emblem of the tortoise and the palm tree, with the same motto from Ovid,
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for coins. Acheson and his business partner John
Aslowan received silver from the royal treasurer
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22:(floruit 1560–1581) was a Scottish goldsmith, mining entrepreneur, and official of the mint.
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to surrender silverware in his keeping for coining to Acheson. This included a silver gilt
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He lived in the Canongate of Edinburgh. This was a substantial house where the executor of
639:, 19 (London, 1879), pp. 66–7: National Records of Scotland, treasury vouchers, E23/11/24.
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Selections from unpublished manuscripts illustrating the reign of Mary Queen of Scotland
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Acheson was master coiner in Scottish mint, as was James Acheson, possibly his uncle.
177:, as furnisher of the mint or "cunziehous" and Acheson to mint silver coins. In 1576
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On 10 July 1567 Mary's opponents, the Confederate lords, ordered her servant
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Robert William Cochran-Patrick, 'Mint Accounts of the Coinage of Scotland',
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found in favour of Johnston and Aslowan and their "ejection" of Acheson.
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381:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. 343–4: Robert William Cochran-Patrick,
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570:, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1880), p. 412: Robert William Cochran-Patrick,
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John Acheson married Agnes Mason in 1568. Their children included:
135:, V. 12, "Glory gives strength" in an embroidered panel among the
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granted them the customs of the "New haven of Preston" known as
46:, after new legislation was made about leases of church lands.
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who had a tack or lease for lead mines, granted in 1565. The
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John Acheson and his partner John Aslowan had a contract for
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Elene or Helen Acheson (d. 1584), who married the merchant
530:
HMC 16th Report: Manuscripts of the Earl of Mar and Kellie
652:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. 232, 433–6, 375–7, 483–4.
128:, "Maria et Henricus Dei Gratia Regina et Rex Scotorum".
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Acheson was in Paris in 1553 to engrave the portrait of
147:(Antwerp, 1565). The image was used on a bed curtain.
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Scottish Coins: A History of Small Change in Scotland
173:, in June 1572, conditions were agreed at Leith with
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G. E. P. How, 'Canongate Goldsmiths and Jewellers',
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1545–1569
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1545–1569
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1545–1569
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1545–1569
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1545–1569
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1545–1569
185:, and became "melter of metal" in the mint in 1578.
291:He is also said to have married Margaret Hamilton.
166:, and the legend "Jacobus 6 Dei Gra Rex Scotorum."
663:Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland: 1567–1574
598:Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland: 1575–1585
558:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1878), pp. 506–514, 598–601.
58:tried to give the lands to his son Adam Hepburn.
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188:In February 1580 Acheson was paid for riding to
545:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1879), pp. clxviii, 142-5.
769:G. How, 'Canongate Goldsmiths and Jewellers',
703:G. How, 'Canongate Goldsmiths and Jewellers',
692:Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 1593–1625
600:, vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1966), p. 255-6 no. 1608.
72:was lodging in 1590 at the time of his death.
729:Glory and Honour: The Renaissance in Scotland
366:Glory and Honour: The Renaissance in Scotland
385:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1879), p. cxxxxvii–vii.
84:The 1566 silver rial of Mary, Queen of Scots
747:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 246 no. 754.
613:, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 112 no. 656.
665:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 64 no. 293.
328:State and Society in Early Modern Scotland
760:, (Edinburgh, 1981), pp. 138–9, 145, 147.
568:Register of the Privy Council of Scotland
556:Register of the Privy Council of Scotland
459:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1586–1588
314:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. 5, 465–6.
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139:. One source of the image may have been
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204:made the dies for the coinage of 1605.
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745:Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland
158:for the queen's table. In August 1567
611:Register of the Privy Seal: 1581–1584
790:16th-century Scottish businesspeople
676:Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs
587:, vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1978), p. 310.
585:Accounts of the Treasurer: 1574–1580
196:of penny and two penny coins called
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574:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1879), p. 103.
520:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. 413.
488:History of Scotland by Robert Keith
461:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1915), p. 504.
436:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. 101.
411:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1879), p. cxl.
398:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1879), p. cxl.
343:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. 483.
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572:Records of the Coinage of Scotland
543:Records of the Coinage of Scotland
409:Records of the Coinage of Scotland
396:Records of the Coinage of Scotland
383:Records of the Coinage of Scotland
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280:as security for loans during the
626:(Edinburgh, 1998), pp. 48, 52–4.
541:Robert William Cochran-Patrick,
505:Inventaires de la Royne Descosse
407:Robert William Cochran-Patrick,
394:Robert William Cochran-Patrick,
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758:Edinburgh and the Reformation
707:, 74:435 (June 1939), p. 287.
678:, 74:435 (June 1939), p. 287.
421:HMC 6th Report: Earl of Moray
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276:. Helen Acheson took several
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717:The Galloway Mazer, Art Fund
490:, 1 (Edinburgh, 1844), p. cv
475:(Glasgow, 1837), pp. 194–195
7:
266:National Museum of Scotland
38:in 1545, was killed at the
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532:(London, 1904), pp. 28–29.
449:(London, 2008), pp. 38–42.
330:(Oxford, 1999), pp. 126–7.
731:(Edinburgh, 2013), p. 72.
368:(Edinburgh, 2013), p. 75.
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694:, vol. 4 (1816), p. 176.
583:Charles Thorpe McInnes,
423:(London, 1877), p. 640.
98:Prior of St Mary's Isle
353:HMC Salisbury Hatfield
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241:Marriage and children
137:Oxburgh Hall hangings
118:Duke of Châtellerault
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637:Numismatic Chronicle
485:John Parker Lawson,
268:. In September 1569
262:Provost of Edinburgh
226:Mary, Queen of Scots
102:Mary, Queen of Scots
90:Mary, Queen of Scots
56:Commendator of Scone
800:Scottish goldsmiths
771:Burlington Magazine
705:Burlington Magazine
447:Emblems for a Queen
661:Gordon Donaldson,
648:John Hill Burton,
609:Gordon Donaldson,
596:Gordon Donaldson,
554:John Hill Burton,
516:John Hill Burton,
470:Joseph Stevenson,
432:John Hill Burton,
377:John Hill Burton,
339:John Hill Burton,
216:in Glengonnar, or
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622:Nicholas Holmes,
258:Archibald Stewart
175:Robert Richardson
94:Robert Richardson
76:The Scottish mint
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183:Cornelius de Vos
171:Marian Civil War
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141:Hadrianus Junius
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169:During the
156:nef or ship
112:letters to
44:Scone Abbey
784:Categories
295:References
214:lead mines
208:Lead mines
106:Francis II
218:Leadhills
145:Emblemata
164:James VI
114:Hamilton
36:Carberry
222:Wanlock
133:Tristia
116:to the
220:, and
198:placks
54:, and
26:Career
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