Edward Hart (goldsmith)

Edward Hart or Hairt was a Scottish goldsmith based in Edinburgh.

Hart contributed to a gift for James VI from the burgh of Edinburgh. James VI had been living at Stirling Castle, and towards the end of 1579 he was proclaimed an adult ruler and made a formal Entry to Edinburgh. As a gift to him, the town council commissioned a cupboard of silver plate from the goldsmiths Edward Hart, Thomas Annand, George Heriot, Adam Craig, and William Cokky.[1][2][3][4]

In January 1580 and 1581 Hart was repaid money he had advanced for work on the cupboard of silver.[5]

He was Deacon of the goldsmiths in 1583.

Edward Hart married Christine Mowbray. After his death she married Alexander Wilsoun.

References
  1. James David Marwick, Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1573-1579 (Edinburgh, 1882), pp. 113-4.
  2. Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1574–1581, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 357.
  3. Documents relative to the reception at Edinburgh of the Kings and Queens of Scotland, 1561–1650 (Edinburgh, 1822), pp. 12–14.
  4. Jean Munro & Henry Steuart Fotheringham, Edinburgh Goldsmith's Minutes: 1525–1700 (SRS: Edinburgh, 2006), p. 227.
  5. James Marwick, Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1573-1579 (Edinburgh, 1882), pp. 143, 191.
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