Christian Lindsay
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Christian Lindsay (fl. 1580–1620) was a Scottish poet and baker to King James VI.[1]
In 1586 Christian Lindsay was married to William Murray, who served as Master of the carriage to James VI of Scotland.[2] In early modern Scotland married women did not change their surnames.[3][4] Murray's responsibility was the transport of the king and queen's luggage and furnishings by cart as they moved from palace to palace.
From 1588 Lindsay was given barley to make baked goods for the royal household.[5] She was supplied with oats to make "caikis" in 1597.[6] On 28 March 1603 James VI confirmed Christian Lindsay's pension paid in "beir", and noted that as he was moving to London he would no longer require the "use of such bread".[7]
She had a lodging at Holyrood Palace. The courtier and Constable of Dundee, James Scrimgeour died in Lindsay's lodging in 1612.[8]