At the same time, James or Jacques Le Tellier worked as a goldsmith for James VI.<ref>G. E. P. How, “Canongate Goldsmiths and Jewellers”, ”The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs”, 74:435 (June 1939), p. 287.</ref> The historian Winifred Coutts discovered court records mentioning the Le Tellier and Des Granges families, which possibly indicate that they had difficulties as foreign workers in Edinburgh’s [[Canongate]]. They were not members of the Edinburgh [[Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh|incorporation of Goldsmiths]]. Elias and his son Harry Le Tellier with a colleague Samson des Granges quarrelled with an Edinburgh goldsmith, James Crawfurd. Anne of Denmark’s chamberlain, the [[Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland|master of work]], [[William Schaw]] was able to intervene in the legal action resulting from their feud.<ref>Winifred Coutts, ”The Business of the College of Justice in 1600” (Stair Society, 2003), p. 70.</ref>
At the same time, James or Jacques Le Tellier worked as a goldsmith for James VI.<ref>G. E. P. How, “Canongate Goldsmiths and Jewellers”, ”The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs”, 74:435 (June 1939), p. 287.</ref> The historian Winifred Coutts discovered court records mentioning the Le Tellier and Des Granges families, which possibly indicate that they had difficulties as foreign workers in Edinburgh’s [[Canongate]]. They were not members of the Edinburgh [[Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh|incorporation of Goldsmiths]]. Elias and his son Harry Le Tellier with a colleague Samson des Granges quarrelled with an Edinburgh goldsmith, James Crawfurd. Anne of Denmark’s chamberlain, the [[Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland|master of work]], [[William Schaw]] was able to intervene in the legal action resulting from their feud.<ref>Winifred Coutts, ”The Business of the College of Justice in 1600” (Stair Society, 2003), p. 70.</ref>
Elias Le Tellier lived in a tenement in the [[Canongate]] and the owner, a merchant Robert Johnston, sought to have him evicted.<ref>Winifred Coutts, ”The Business of the College of Justice in 1600” (Stair Society, 2003), pp. 64, 73.</ref> James Le Tellier twice attended baptisms in the Canongate in 1600 and 1601. Elias Le Tellier and his wife Esther moved to London and resided at [[Charing Cross]], and continued to be associated with George Heriot.<ref>[[David Masson]], ”Register of the Privy Council of Scotland”, 10 (Edinburgh, 1891), p. 130.</ref> Samson des Granges, whose father Nicolas was from [[Guernsey]], also moved to London and was the father of the painter [[David des Granges]].<ref>William Moens, ”Registers of the French Church”, 1 (Lymington: Huguenot Society, 1896), p. 81.</ref> Elias’ wife Esther Le Tellier was a [[silkwoman]] to Anne of Denmark in 1606, with an annual wage of £20. She was a member of the Granges family and has been identified as the aunt of the painter.<ref>Mary Edmond, ‘Limners and Picturemakers’, ”Walpole Society”, 47 (1978-1980), p. 123.</ref>
Elias Le Tellier lived in a tenement in the [[Canongate]] and the owner, a merchant Robert Johnston, sought to have him evicted.<ref>Winifred Coutts, ”The Business of the College of Justice in 1600” (Stair Society, 2003), pp. 64, 73.</ref> James Le Tellier twice attended baptisms in the Canongate in 1600 and 1601. Elias Le Tellier and his wife Esther moved to London and resided at [[Charing Cross]], and continued to be associated with George Heriot.<ref>[[David Masson]], ”Register of the Privy Council of Scotland”, 10 (Edinburgh, 1891), p. 130.</ref> Samson des Granges, whose father Nicolas was from [[Guernsey]], also moved to London and was the father of the painter [[David des Granges]].<ref>William Moens, ”Registers of the French Church”, 1 (Lymington: Huguenot Society, 1896), p. 81.</ref> Elias’ wife Esther Le Tellier was a [[silkwoman]] to Anne of Denmark in 1606, with an annual wage of £20. She was a member of the Granges family and has been identified as the aunt of the painter.<ref>Mary Edmond, ‘Limners and Picturemakers’, ”Walpole Society”, 47 (1978-1980), p. 123.</ref>
