William Wynter
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Admiral Sir William Wynter held the office of Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy for 40 years, from 1549 until his death in 1589, and combined that with the office of Master of Navy Ordnance from 1557. H
The Mynyon was William Wynter's command in 1552 and used in the evacuation of French troops from the Siege of Leith in 1560
The Lyon, Wynter's flagship in 1560, from the Anthony Roll of 1547
The Swallow was storm-damaged off Flamborough Head on 16 January 1560
The Pinnace Saker followed Wynter to Scotland as a supply ship
Siege of Leith
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The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation in 1548. In 1560 the French soldiers opp
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland from 1542 to 1554
Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland from 1554 to 1560
Head of the statue of John Knox, New College, Edinburgh
19th century plan showing the French fortifications of 1560