John Cockburn of Ormiston
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John Cockburn, laird of Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, was an early supporter of the Scottish Reformation. He was the eldest son of William Cockburn of Ormiston and Janet Somerville. John was usual
Mercat cross at Ormiston
John Cockburn's powerful neighbour and enemy, the Earl of Bothwell
Gatehouse of the Kepier Hospital in Durham given to John Cockburn by Edward VI
Assured Scots
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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
John Cockburn of Ormiston
…names of John Cockburn and 36 other Scottish lairds and gentleman who had sworn an oath on 23 September 1547 to be loyal to Edward VI of England as "Assured Scots". John and Alexander Crichton of Brunstane tried to hold three houses on behalf of Grey of Wilton, who occupied Haddington. Ormiston and Brunstane…
Henry Balnaves drafted a bond for assured Scots during the siege of St Andrews Castle.