Image: Jinglin' Geordie's, Fleshmarket Close - geograph.org.uk - 1413041

Description: Pub sign depicting George Heriot, goldsmith to James VI and one of the first "Hungry Scots" to follow James to the English Court. Heriot had made the wedding jewellery for James's queen, Anne of Denmark, and his work was soon in demand amongst the Ladies of the Court. He returned to Edinburgh, having amassed a fortune, hence the nickname 'Jinglin' Geordie' (from the sound of coins clinking in his purse). Before his death in 1624 he bequeathed a school for the orphans of Edinburgh burgesses (the money to be collected from his debtors by the Town Council). By the end of the 18th century the Governors of the George Heriot's Trust had purchased the Barony of Broughton, thus acquiring extensive land for feuing on the northern slope below James Craig's Georgian New Town. This and other land purchases beyond the original city boundary generated considerable revenue for the Trust long after his death. 1412990
Title: Jinglin' Geordie's, Fleshmarket Close - geograph.org.uk - 1413041
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