John Hepburn, Prior of St. Andrews

JOHN HEPBURN

Prior of St. Andrews

John Hepburn, here treated, is styled brother to Mr. George Hepburne, Dean of Dunkeld, in a charter dated January 1506-7. He founded St. Leonard's College in the University of St. Andrews in 1512, and about eight years later built a fine wall with turrets at proper distances round great part of the city upon his own charges. He was tutor to Patrick, third Earl of Bothwell, his great-grand-nephew, on 16 February 1516-17. The Scots Peerage II: 147

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for John Hepburn, here treated. However, he was alive on 20 July 1525 and died a few months later. Certainly before 31 December 1525. The Scots Peerage II: 147

Genealogy

The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume II. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1905), 602 pp.