Alexander Jardine of Applegarth

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Alexander Jardine of Applegarth (died 1530) was a Scottish landowner and soldier.

He was a nephew of John Jardine of Applegarth.

Applegarthtown is in Dumfries and Galloway.

Jardine became Master of Artillery for James V of Scotland.

In 1515 Margaret Tudor left Linlithgow Palace and went to back to England, on her way leaving a coffer containing her jewels at Tantallon Castle. Alexander Jardine accepted custody the coffer.[1]

He was involved in the siege of Tantallon Castle in 1528, held against the king by the Douglas family.[2] He was ordered to consult with the gunners Robert Borthwick and John Drummond about the artillery needed. Tents were required for the gunners and timber to make "apparelling" to shelter the guns from enemy fire.[3]

He married Elizabeth Maxwell. Their children included:

  • John Jardine of Applegarth, who married Elizabeth Douglas

References[]

  1. ^ Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of Henry VIII (Maney, 2007), p. 190: Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1840), p. 138: Thomas Thomson, Collection of Inventories (Edinburgh, 1815), p. 23.
  2. ^ James Cameron, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), p. 42.
  3. ^ Robert Kerr Hannay, Acts of the Lords of Council of Public Affairs (Edinburgh, 1932), pp. 284-5.
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