John Bellenden
Scottish writer For the lawyer of the same period, see John Bellenden (Lord Justice Clerk). John Bellenden Nationality Scottish Occupation writer Years active c. 1533 −50 John Bellenden or Ballantyne (fl. 1533-1587?) of Moray (why Moray, a lowland family) was a Scottish writer of the 16th century. Contents 1 Life 2 Family connections 3 Post-mortem citations 4 References 5 Editions 6 Sources 7 Further reading Life Title page of Bellenden's Croniklis printed in Edinburgh, with the heraldry of James V of Scotland He was born towards the close of the 15th century, and educated at St. Andrews and Paris. At the request of James V he translated Hector Boece's Historia Gentis Scotorum . [1] This translation, Croniklis of Scotland is a very free one, with a good deal of matter not in the original, so that it may be almost considered as a new work. It was published in 1536 in Edinburgh by Thomas Davidson. In 1533, Bellenden also translated the first five books of Liv...