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Sir John Wishart of Pitarrow (died 1585) was a Scottish lawyer, courtier, comptroller of the exchequer, and rebel.[1]

  1. ^ Adams, Sharon. "Wishart, Sir John, of Pittarow (d. 1585)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29796. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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John Wishart of Pitarrow

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John Wishart of Pitarrow (died 1585) was a Scottish lawyer, courtier, comptroller of the exchequer, and rebel. He was the eldest son of James Wishart...

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stake as a heretic. George Wishart was the son of James and brother of Sir John of Pitarrow, both ranking themselves on the side of the Reformers. He was educated...

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reveals the variety of agricultural produce, fishing, and coal or lime produced on the lands. On 1 March 1562 John Wishart of Pitarrow was appointed comptroller...

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George Wishart of Drymme

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administrator for Mary, Queen of Scots. George Wishart was kinsman of John Wishart of Pitarrow. His lands were at "Drynne", "Drymmie" or Drymme, also known as "Drum"...

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Wishart of Pitarrow was made comptroller in his place. During the challenge to the rule of Mary of Guise posed by the Scottish Reformation, the Earl of Arran...

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broke, Knox credits the resolution of the second line to John Wishart of Pitarrow, the Master of Lindsay, and the Tutor of Pitcur who marched forward with...

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Chaseabout Raid

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of the Scottish exchequer, John Wishart of Pitarrow, had sided with the rebellion and was replaced by William Murray of Tullibardine. The Provost of Edinburgh...

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Articles of Leith

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Lord Ruthven and John Wishart of Pitarrow as hostages. The Lords will give all due obedience to Mary, Queen of Scots, Francis II of France and the Queen...

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Fordoun

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a heretic. John Wishart of Pitarrow (died 1576), a son of John Wishart of Cairnbeg in Fordoun parish, and comptroller of the Scottish exchequer. James...

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fetched the comptroller John Wishart of Pitarrow from St Giles' Kirk to help. Her name appears frequently in the accounts of fabric kept by Servais de...

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Mary of Guise as Regent 1560 Bartholomew de Villemore 1561 Sir John Wishart of Pitarrow 1565 Sir William Murray of Tullibardine 1567 James Cockburn of Skirling...

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John Parker Lawson

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His works include: The Life of George Wishart of Pitarrow, Edinburgh, 1827. Life and Times of William Laud, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 2 vols., London...

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Lords of the Congregation

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Maxwell; Erskine of Dun; Wishart of Pitarrow; Henry Balnaves of Halhill; Kirkcaldy of Grange; and James Halyburton Provost of Dundee. The congregation...

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South Leith Parish Church

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son of the above, from 1576 to 1627 John Cranstoun from 1627 to 1629 William Wishart of Pitarrow from 1630 to 1639 James Sharpe from 1639 to 1647 John Weir...

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List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

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