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Two of the oldest, restored dwellings of Edinburgh's Old Town, built close to the site of the Netherbow Port at the foot of the High Street. Both partially survived the devastating raid by the earl of Hertford in 1544 when Henry VIII ordered him to punish the Scots for reneging on an agreement made
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Landing at Wardie Bay on 6th May and crossing the Water of Leith at Bonnington, Hertford's force battered its way into the town through the Netherbow Port.
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House of the goldsmith James Mossman, now known as John Knox's House, because it is believed that Knox lived here briefly in the months before his death.
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by Cardinal Beaton to betroth their infant Queen Mary to Henry's son, Prince Edward.
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Most of what is now seen in the Old Town dates from after this calamity.
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List of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh
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