Sir John Scot

1586 - 1670  (84 years)

• Name	John Scot
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1586	Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Title Suffix	of Knightspottie, later of Scotstarvet
  Occupation	1592	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Director of the Chancery, on resignation of Sir William Scott of Elie. He lost this position during the Restoration
  	Check: originally nominated in 1592 to succeed his grandfather?
  Property	28 Nov 1611	Ceres, Fife, Scotland
  	Charter of of the lands and barony of Tarvet
  Property	1617
  	Knighted by King James VI
  Occupation	14 Jan 1629	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Judge - briefly appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session. Later appointed (632) as an Ordinary Lord.
  Military service	Nov 1641	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	A member of the committee of estates established for the defence of the country
  Property	12 Apr 1649	Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland   [2]
  	Sasine for Inchkeith sold by Dame Elizabeth Maule, Countess of Kinghorn. Went on to establish a fishing station there
  Occupation	Mar 1651/52	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Replaced as Director of Chancery by Alexander Jaffray, Provost of Aberdeen, lost his position as a Lord of Session and fined £1,500
  Property	11 Nov 1653	Garvock, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Signature of the lands of Garvock granted to Sir John Scot
  Property	1654
  	Fined £1,500 by Cromwell under the Act of Grace
  Property	Abt 1662	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Fined £6,000 Scots by King Charles II for his roles in the Covenanter governments before 1650
  Residence	1662	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Responsible for effecting the completion of Blaeu's Atlas of Scotland, complted by Robert Gordon of Straloch and his son James. Visited Holland to oversea the publication and contributed some descriptions.
  Death	1670	Cupar, Fife, Scotland
  	Probably at Scotstarvit
  Probate	11 Feb 1670/71
  	Testament Dative and Inventory
  Person ID	I22219	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Scott   d. 1588
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Aitcheson
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Euphame Monypenny
  Marriage	Bef 16 Apr 1646  [4]
  Marriage Contract	16 Apr 1646  [4]
  	Between Sir John Scot of Scottistarvet, Director of Chancery and Ewphame Monypenny, relict of William Rig of Etherne, with consent of Sir James Monypenny of Pitmillie, her brother, whereby Sir John assigns the teind sheaves of the barony of Schank with 300 merks annually for her lifetime
  Children	1. Walter Scot,   b. 7 Jan 1649, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Drummond   d. 1636
  Marriage	Abt 1608
  Children	1. Mr George Scot,   b. 7 Apr 1643, Cupar, Fife, Scotland d. Nov 1685, At sea (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anna Scot,   b. 1618, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert Scot,   b. 1609, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sir James Scott   d. 1650  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Scot   d. 1656  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Melville,   b. Collessie, Fife, Scotland d. Bef Jan 1645/46
  Marriage	Bef Dec 1637
  	Snoddy in his 'Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit: His Life and Times' (University of St Andrews, 1968) suggest that the marriage took place in 1638 or 1639, and that George, born 1643 was the swcond child after Elizabeth
  Children	1. Mr George Scot,   b. 7 Apr 1643, Cupar, Fife, Scotland d. Nov 1685, At sea (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Scott,   b. 1640, Fife, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Scot,   b. Abt 1639, Scotland d. Bef 1662, Scotland (Age < 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F19862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1586 - Fife, Scotland Occupation - Director of the Chancery, on resignation of Sir William Scott of Elie. He lost this position during the Restoration - 1592 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Charter of of the lands and barony of Tarvet - 28 Nov 1611 - Ceres, Fife, Scotland Occupation - Judge - briefly appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session. Later appointed (632) as an Ordinary Lord. - 14 Jan 1629 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Military service - A member of the committee of estates established for the defence of the country - Nov 1641 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Sasine for Inchkeith sold by Dame Elizabeth Maule, Countess of Kinghorn. Went on to establish a fishing station there - 12 Apr 1649 - Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland Occupation - Replaced as Director of Chancery by Alexander Jaffray, Provost of Aberdeen, lost his position as a Lord of Session and fined £1,500 - Mar 1651/52 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Signature of the lands of Garvock granted to Sir John Scot - 11 Nov 1653 - Garvock, Kincardineshire, Scotland Property - Fined £6,000 Scots by King Charles II for his roles in the Covenanter governments before 1650 - Abt 1662 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Responsible for effecting the completion of Blaeu's Atlas of Scotland, complted by Robert Gordon of Straloch and his son James. Visited Holland to oversea the publication and contributed some descriptions. - 1662 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 1670 - Cupar, Fife, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1st Series, IX, p153. [S3629] Parliament of Scotland, Records of the Parliament of Scotland, (Name: University of St Andrews; Location: St Andrews;), 1649/5/406 Ratification of charter. https://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?a=fcf&fn=charlesii_trans&id=34833&t=trans [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), SIG1/144/61. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), RH4/191 Arniston Papers Item 22.