Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer

Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer (died 1650) was a Scottish judge.

Life

Fletcher was the eldest son of Robert Fletcher of

's work Jus Feudale, with a view to its publication. In 1638, he was a commissioner to take subscriptions to the confession of faith of 1580. He was employed in 1639 in regulating the fees of writers to the signet and others, and parliament adopted the scales which he laid down.

On 13 November 1641, Fletcher, with others, was appointed to his judgeship afresh by the king and parliament, and his appointment was objected to by the

in 1648.

On the question whether conditions should be obtained from the English army on behalf of Charles I, he was one of the four who voted against abandoning the king, and was removed in 1649 from his offices of judge and commissioner of the exchequer, on account of his accession to "the engagement", for the carrying on of which he had subscribed in the previous year £8,500 (Scots), repaid by order of parliament in 1662 after his death to his son Robert. He was also "ordained" to lend money . In March 1650, he died at his house in East Lothian.

Family

Fletcher married a daughter of Peter Hay of Kirkland of Megginch, brother to

, and Henry, ancestor of the Irish branch of the family.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Fletcher, Andrew (d.1650)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.