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Matthew Auchinleck or Matho Auchlek was a Scottish goldsmith who worked for 
Auchinleck, and his father "Matho Auchinlek" the elder, were put in charge of the mint by James IV and sent in their accounts in April 1507. John Auchlek, a relation, was also a goldsmith working for the court. Their business was in Stirling, and they set up a shop and workshop in Edinburgh called a "buith" in July 1503.
In 1508 Auchlek made a silver fitting for distillation equipment used by the king's alchemist Alexander Ogilvy at
James IV of Scotland
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James I ...
and Margaret Tudor
Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was List of Scottish royal consorts, Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. She then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and fought to exte ...
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Auchinleck, and his father "Matho Auchinlek" the elder, were put in charge of the mint by James IV and sent in their accounts in April 1507. John Auchlek, a relation, was also a goldsmith working for the court. Their business was in Stirling, and they set up a shop and workshop in Edinburgh called a "buith" in July 1503.
In 1508 Auchlek made a silver fitting for distillation equipment used by the king's alchemist Alexander Ogilvy at Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an Intrusive rock, intrusive Crag and tail, crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill ge ...
. The piece was described in Scots as a "bos hed to ane stellatour of silvir". The alchemists had a furnace at the castle and were trying to make the fifth element known as "quinta essentia". Auchinleck supplied Ogilvy with materials including "burnt silver".
Auchlek routinely mended and gilded the king's silver tableware and armour, and made jugs, reliquaries, and candlesticks. He repaired the king's crown in 1503 for the royal marriage and was involved in the work of the mint.Robert William Cochran-Patrick, ''Records of the Coinage of Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1876), p. cxxxi.
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