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craft, contributing to charity, working in some years as one of four masters supporting the Deacon, and as a "stentar" gathering contributions of money for taxes and dues owed by craft members. Brady was made a burgess of
Edinburgh in July 1562, and it was recorded that his father was a burgess and goldsmith.
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Brady was accepted as a "free man" of the
Edinburgh craft of goldsmiths on 15 May 1561, as were David Denniestoun, Henry Thomson, and Gavin Freithman. Brady and other goldsmiths had to make a demonstration piece, undergo a verbal examination, and pay a fee known as an "upset". He was active in the
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refused to send the originals out of
Edinburgh Castle. The civil war in Scotland concluded in May 1573 with the capture of Edinburgh Castle. The original Honours of Scotland were recovered, hidden in a chest in a vault or "cave". Brady's Honours were presumably melted down. Two goldsmiths,
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signed an order for the Master of
Household to employ Brady as the King's goldsmith, confirmed by privy seal letter on 6 December 1578. Brady made gold rings for the King to give as New Year's Day gifts, and silver-gilt buckles for the King's boots.
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Mungo Brady was a member of an assize in 1576 at the trial of John Bell, a chapman, accused of circulating counterfeit coins or foreign coins resembling
Scottish "hardheads", worth three half pence. There were three other goldsmiths on the assize;
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and sceptre were inaccessible, held in
Edinburgh Castle and used at a rival Queen's Parliament. Mungo Brady was paid for the "fassioun and gilting". Brady and a specialist
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and then to
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Stirling was raided by the Queen's Men while the
Parliament was still sitting and Lennox was killed. His widow,
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Lyndsay McGill, "Scottish
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in May. As the conflict continued, Brady, like many members of the King's Party, moved to
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the silver items. A craftsman called a "swordslipper" made a scabbard.
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The Honours of Scotland: the story of the Scottish crown jewels
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Extracts From the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1557–1571
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Regent Lennox asked Brady to supply a substitute set of the
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Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite
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Decoding the Jewels: Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland
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