John Colville (c. 1540–1605)

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John Colville (c. 1540–1605), Scottish clergyman, judge, politician and author, was the son of Robert Colville of Cleish, in Kinross.

Career

Educated at the

burgh commissioner for Stirling in the Parliament of Scotland.[1]

Colville was in London in 1589 and

James VI of Scotland, and £2000 worth of gilt silver plate supplied by the London goldsmith Richard Martin. This present, a magnificent cupboard of plate, was intended for the reception of Anne of Denmark.[2] Later, there were rumours that Colville had not delivered all of the silver. James VI sent receipts to the English ambassador to exonerate him.[3]

In December 1591 he was implicated in the

Roman Church.[1]

James VI wrote to Robert Bowes in March 1594 asking that John Colville should be reimbursed for his services from the English subsidy to the tune of £1266 sterling.[4]

In July 1594 he reported a rumour at the Scottish court that James VI had conceived a jealousy against Anne of Denmark, and even thought the

Robert Bowes he refers to Elizabeth I as a "Deborah", who "shall yet prevail over all her idolatrous foes".[6]

Colville died in Paris in 1605.

Works

Colville was the author of several works, including an Oratio Funebris on Elizabeth I of England, and some political and religious controversial essays. He is said to be the author also of The Historie and Life of King James the Sext (edited by T. Thompson for the Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1825).[1]

Colville's Original Letters, 1582–1603, published by the

David Laing.[1]

Marriage and children

Colville married Janet Russell, a sister of the advocate John Russell, in 1572.[7] Their children included:

  • Robert Colville
  • Thomas Colville.
  • Margaret Colville, who married in December 1595 Jerome Lindsay, son of David Lindsay, minister of Leith.[8]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ HMC Salisbury Hatfield, volume 3 (London, 1889), p. 440: Calendar State Papers Scotland, volume 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 160-162: Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595, volume 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 130: William Murdin, Collection of state papers left by William Cecill lord Burghley (London, 1759), p. 638.
  3. ^ James Orchard Halliwell, Letters of the Kings of England, volume 2 (London, 1846), p. 87.
  4. ^ James Orchard Halliwell, Letters of the Kings of England, volume 2 (London, 1846), p. 88, BL Cotton Caligula D II, see Foedera.
  5. ^ Letters of John Colville (Edinburgh, 1858), pp. 109, 115.
  6. ^ Letters of Mr. John Colville, 1582–1603 (Edinburgh, 1858), p.286.
  7. ^ David Laing, Original Letters of John Colville (Edinburgh, 1858), pp. xiii, xxxviii-ix.
  8. ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1595-1597, volume 12 (Edinburgh, 1952), p. 87: David Laing, Original letters of Mr. John Colville, 1582–1603 (Bannatyne Club, 1858), pp. xxxix-xl.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Colville, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 748.
  • Cooper, Thompson (1887). "Colville, John" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 420–422.
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