▁was ▁at ▁nearby ▁H adding ton , ▁East ▁L oth ian , ▁Scotland , ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁grammar ▁school . ▁He ▁was ▁probably ▁taught ▁by ▁the ▁town ▁school master ▁George ▁L its ar , ▁who ▁was , ▁according ▁to ▁Major ▁" although ▁a ▁circ ums pect ▁man ▁in ▁other ▁ways , ▁more ▁severe ▁than ▁was ▁just ▁in ▁be ating ▁boys ". ▁If ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁for ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁his ▁mother , ▁Major ▁says ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁left , ▁but ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁stayed ▁on ▁and ▁were ▁successful . ▁According ▁to ▁him , ▁H adding ton ▁was ▁" the ▁town ▁which ▁fost ered ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁my ▁studies , ▁and ▁in ▁whose ▁kindly ▁em brace ▁I ▁was ▁n our ished ▁as ▁a ▁nov ice ▁with ▁the ▁sweet est ▁milk ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁grammar ". ▁He ▁says ▁he ▁stayed ▁in ▁H adding ton ▁" to ▁a ▁pretty ▁advanced ▁age " ▁and ▁he ▁rem embers ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁the ▁King ▁James ▁III ' s ▁bomb ard ment ▁of ▁the ▁nearby ▁castle ▁of ▁Dun bar , ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 4 7 9 . ▁He ▁also ▁rem embers ▁the ▁com et ▁which ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁for et old ▁the ▁King ' s ▁defeat ▁at ▁S auch ieb urn ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 4 8 8 . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 0 , ▁he ▁reports , ▁that ▁he ▁" first ▁left ▁the ▁pat ernal ▁hear th ". ▁In ▁ 1 4 9 0 , ▁probably ▁under