Sir John Arnot of Berswick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh

SIR JOHN ARNOT OF BERSWICK

Provost of Edinburgh

His Last Will and Testament

Sir John Arnot of Berswick, here treated, made his last will and testament at Edinburgh on 20 January 1616. Confirmation was granted on 24 May 1616. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, Testament Testamentar of Sir John Arnot of Birswik, knight, provost of Edinburgh, reference CC8/8/49]

Death

Sir John Arnot of Berswick, here treated, died on 21 January 1616. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, Testament Testamentar of Sir John Arnot of Birswik, knight, provost of Edinburgh, reference CC8/8/49]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

2-18 August 1617: Sheriffdom of Midlothian: Precept of clare constat by John, Lord Balmerino, in favour of Marion Arnot and Dame Helen Arnot, as heirs to Sir John Arnot of Birswick, their father, in four oxgates in the town of Restalrig, and instrument of sasine following thereon. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Brooke Family of Biel, reference GD6/939

Genealogy

1. Stirnet: Craig 01
2. Archive.Org Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston. 1639, The preservation of the honours of Scotland, 1651-52, Lord Mar's Legacies, 1722-27, Letters concerning Highland affairs in the 18th century.” pp. 3-5

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Sir John Arnot

John Arnot of Birswick (Orkney) (1530–1616) was a 16th-century Scottish merchant and landowner who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1587 to 1591 and from 1608 to death. He was Deputy Treasurer to King James VI.