Editing Leith (section)

===First settlement===
The earliest evidence of settlement in Leith comes from several archaeological digs undertaken in [[The Shore, Leith|The Shore]] area in the late 20th century. Amongst the finds were medieval wharf edges from the 12th century. This date fits with the earliest documentary evidence of settlement in Leith, the foundation charter of Holyrood Abbey.

[[Mary of Guelders]], the bride of [[James II of Scotland|James II]], arrived on 18 May 1449 and rested in the Convent of St Anthony.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Scottish Queens: 1034–1714'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2007), p. 60: ''Exchequer Rolls'', 5 (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 382.</ref> Prominent Leith merchants and shipowners included James Makysone, who supplied tapestry to [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]] in 1498 for his new lodging at [[Stirling Castle]] and in 1503 imported a timber keel from France for building one of the king's ships.<ref>Thomas Dickson, ''Accounts of the Treasurer'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. 366-9: [[Norman Macdougall]], ''James IV'' (Tuckwell, 1997).</ref>