John Mylne, also a master mason, and Helen Kenneries.[1]
He married Isobel Wilson in 1610 and had two sons,
John and Alexander, both of whom followed him into the building profession, and a daughter, Barbara, who was later accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh
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He learned his craft through assisting his father on his Tay Bridge construction project at Perth.
steeple in Aberdeen, and was rewarded by being made a burgess of that royal burgh in May 1622.[1] In 1627 he was further made a burgess of Dundee in right of his father.[1] Following this he carried out alterations to Drummond House for David Drummond, Earl of Perth, which included the sundial in the grounds.[1]
On the death of
Holyroodhouse.[1] With the assistance of his two sons, he also erected a large polyhedral sundial at Holyrood for Charles I, on the occasion of his Scottish coronation in 1633. The sundial, which bears numerous Stuart emblems, is the earliest surviving polyhedral example in the country. Mylne was paid £408 15s 6d (Scots) for the work.[4] He held his royal post for five years, before resigning it in favour of his eldest son John in 1636, when he left Edinburgh.[1]
In 1643 Mylne was made a burgess of Kirkcaldy, following his work to repair and enlarge the parish kirk. Over the following years he was engaged on several public works in Dundee, including the church steeple, tolbooth, and the royal burgh's fortifications.[1]
He is buried against the southern wall of Greyfriars Burial Ground in Perth, close to the southern pedestrian gate. The stone was erected by Robert Mylne and has been restored many times.
