Migliorino Ubaldini
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Ubaldini Migliorino, known also as "Captain Mellerin," was an Italian military engineer working in Scotland. He designed new fortifications at the entrances of Edinburgh Castle, Dunbar Castle, and pos
Woodcut of Edinburgh in 1573, showing Ubaldini's Spur
Sketch showing Edinburgh Castle in 1544, with Christopher Morris's siege gun placed at the site of the Spur
Ninian Cockburn
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Ninian Cockburn was a Scottish soldier and officer of the Garde Écossaise, a company which guarded the French king. He had an ambiguous role in political relations between Scotland, France and England
Migliorino Ubaldini
…of the timber and stone used was obtained from the woods and house of Alexander Crichton of Brunstane who had sided with England. His friend and ally Ninian Cockburn vowed the new work would never be finished, writing, "yon neu blak hous quhilk will nocht cum abof the erde." An account for building the new fort at…
Ancient yew tree at the site of Ormiston House
Ninian Cockburn helped Andrew Dudley install an English garrison in Broughty Castle for a £4 reward
Nicholas Throckmorton gave Ninian the codename "George Beaumont"