Alexander Crichton of Brunstane was a Scottish Protestant laird who advocated the murder of Cardinal David Beaton and supported the plan for the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and Prince Edward of E
Alexander Crichton of Brunstane offered to raise Scottish troops and destroy Arbroath for Henry VIII
Alexander Crichton of Brunstane was with the preacher George Wishart when Arran's men came to arrest him.
Brunstane Castle near Penicuik
Alexander Crichton of Brunstane planned to capture the Earl of Bothwell's castle at Hailes
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Assured Scots were Scottish people who pledged to support English plans for Mary, Queen of Scots to marry Edward VI of England during the war of the Rough Wooing between 1543 and 1550. They took "assu
Alexander Crichton of Brunstane
…a passport to carry satin cloth over the border for his furniture. The English border warden William Eure had already given him money. He was an "Assured Scot". After the battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547, Brunstane travelled with the English Norroy Herald, Gilbert Dethick, carrying messages between the…
Henry Balnaves drafted a bond for assured Scots during the siege of St Andrews Castle.