John Pont of Shyresmill

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Early life

Born at or near Culross, then in Perthshire, he was the son of John Pont of Shyresmill and Catherine Murray. He received his early education in the school of Culross, and in 1543 was incorporated in the college of St. Leonards in the university of St. Andrews. On completing the course of philosophy there he is said to have studied law at a foreign university; nothing, however, is definitely known of his career until 1559, when he was settled at St. Andrews, and acted as an elder of the kirk session there..