John (Arnot) Arnot of Arnot (abt. 1412 - aft. 1489)

Born about 1412 in Arnot, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1489 after about age 77 in Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

John (Arnot) Arnot of Arnot was born in Scotland.

John was the son of John Arnot and Marjory Boswell.^[1]

He married Catherine Melville, of Carnbee.^[2] They had 18 sons and at least two daughters, including:

1. John^[2]
2. David, first Provost of Bothwell, Bishop of Galloway, dean of the Chapel Royal^[2]
3. Robert, of Woodmiln, Comptroller of Scotland, Captain of Stirling Castle, d. at Flodden 1513^[2]
4. Malcolm, minister of Scotlandwell^[2]
5. Henry, of Barcaple in Galloway^[3]

1. Giles, m. John Wemyss^[2]
2. Elizabeth^[4]

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch John was born in Arnot. He was married to Catherine Melville, the daughter of the Laird of Carnbee. They had 18 sons and at least two daughters. The three oldest sons were John, David (Bishop of Galloway, Dean of the Chapel Royal, and councilor to King James IV) and Robert, our ancestor. Another son was Walter. A tower had been built in the 1300s though earlier fortifications occupied the site. The building seen today was probably built in 1507 by Walter Arnot (son of John & Euphame Scot, and grandson of John Arnot & Catherine Melville), at a time when a charter was granted making the lands a barony for the Arnot family. Walter finihed the Castle at Arnot by building the south tower. There was a spiral staircase running from a vaulted cellar in the south-east corner (now collapsed) and there was a hall above and two upper stories. The Arnots abandoned their tower around 1700 and it subsequently became a ruin. As a ruin, Arnot Tower seems to have provided an inspiration for poets and painters. In 1760, Michael Bruce (1746-1767), one of Scotland’s best known early poets from Kinneswood, wrote a poem about the love affair between two members of the Arnot and Balfour families (the latter based at Burleigh Castle ) who were in the middle of a bitter feud - shades of Romeo and Juliet! The poem refers to the ruined Arnots and the state of disrepair of their properties The many sons of John & Cahtherine purchased lands in Fife, Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, etc., and several devoted themselves to the church, and became prebendaries of the Chapel Royal and Stirling. From this family the many branches of the Arnot family sprang.

Research Notes

• Clan MacFarlane: John Arnot, of Arnot

• The Peerage: John Arnot

• Electric Scotland: Arnot

• Geni: John Arnot, N.B. shows grandson Walter rather than son John

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 August 2021, 20:02), entry for John Arnot of Arnot (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6LL-8WR ); contributed by various users.

Sources

1. ↑ Arnott, James, "The House of Arnot and Some of its Branches: A Family History", Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1918, Hathitrust, p. 21
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Arnott, James, "The House of Arnot and Some of its Branches: A Family History", Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1918, Hathitrust, p. 23
3. ↑ Arnott, James, "The House of Arnot and Some of its Branches: A Family History", Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1918, Hathitrust, p. 24
4. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 536

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q76016591