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Bartolomew de Villemore was a French courtier and administrator to 
Villemore was an official in the household of Mary, Queen of Scots in France. In February 1551 Mary of Guise directed Patrick, Master of Ruthven to him for payment of 400 French crowns. Ruthven complained that Villemore offered payment in old deprecated testoons and 
He was employed in Scotland, and returned to visit the household of Queen Mary in France at Villers-Cotterêts in September 1554. Françoise de Paroy et d'Estainville, Mary's governess, wrote to Mary of Guise that they were glad to hear his news. Mary was having her portrait painted by an artist who had served Francis I, Duke of Lorraine.
Villemore was appointed Comptroller of the Scottish exchequer on 1 May 1555, making him receiver-general of crown revenue.
On 12 May 1559 John Scrimgeour of Myres wrote to Villemore about building work at Falkland Palace. Only the glazing of the tower windows was completed, more work would be needed to finish the chambers and galleries before Mary of Guise visited. He was repairing timberwork in the palace and stables. He was also working on new fencing, ditches, and dykes, and wanted to discuss these works with Villemore in person. The letter shows that Villemore was involved in directing the Regent's works. It is kept at the National Archives of Scotland with a group of receipts and vouchers from Villemore's comptroller accounts in 1558 and 1559.
The English ambassador in Paris, Nicholas Throckmorton heard in November 1560 that Villemore sought funds to keep a garrison on Inchkeith, even using soldiers from Dunbar Castle because of its strategic importance in the
Mary of Guise
Mary of Guise (french: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She ...
, the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Villemore was an official in the household of Mary, Queen of Scots in France. In February 1551 Mary of Guise directed Patrick, Master of Ruthven to him for payment of 400 French crowns. Ruthven complained that Villemore offered payment in old deprecated testoons and sous
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He was employed in Scotland, and returned to visit the household of Queen Mary in France at Villers-Cotterêts in September 1554. Françoise de Paroy et d'Estainville, Mary's governess, wrote to Mary of Guise that they were glad to hear his news. Mary was having her portrait painted by an artist who had served Francis I, Duke of Lorraine.
Villemore was appointed Comptroller of the Scottish exchequer on 1 May 1555, making him receiver-general of crown revenue.
On 12 May 1559 John Scrimgeour of Myres wrote to Villemore about building work at Falkland Palace. Only the glazing of the tower windows was completed, more work would be needed to finish the chambers and galleries before Mary of Guise visited. He was repairing timberwork in the palace and stables. He was also working on new fencing, ditches, and dykes, and wanted to discuss these works with Villemore in person. The letter shows that Villemore was involved in directing the Regent's works. It is kept at the National Archives of Scotland with a group of receipts and vouchers from Villemore's comptroller accounts in 1558 and 1559.
The English ambassador in Paris, Nicholas Throckmorton heard in November 1560 that Villemore sought funds to keep a garrison on Inchkeith, even using soldiers from Dunbar Castle because of its strategic importance in the Firth of Forth
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. Villemore continued as comptroller until October 1561, when he returned to France. John Wishart of Pitarrow
Sir John Wishart of Pitarrow (died 1576) was a Scottish lawyer, courtier, comptroller of the exchequer, and rebel.
Career
He was the eldest son of James Wishart of Cairnbeg in the parish of Fordoun in Aberdeenshire. His grandfather, James Wisha ...
was made comptroller in his place.
During the challenge to the rule of Mary of Guise posed by the Scottish Reformation, the Earl of Arran Earl of Arran may refer to:
*Earl of Arran (Scotland), a title in the Peerage of Scotland
*Earl of Arran (Ireland), a title in the Peerage of Ireland
*, a steamship 1860–1871
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*Earl of Arran and Cambridge
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challenged Villemore's appointment as Comptroller on 17 March 1560 because he was not Scottish.
The English diplomat at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots, Thomas Randolph mentioned Villemore in a letter of November 1562. Mary had been in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
, campaigning against the Earl of Huntly and returned to Kinneil House, near Linlithgow, where Lord Gordon was held prisoner. Villemore was at Kinneil. Randolph felt that Villemore's reputation was not very high. It was said he was a "false flattering varlet", his wife had run away with another man in France, and he returned to Scotland to "follow his old trade of a villainous life".
Villemore was a master of the queen's household in 1563, and signed her household books. He travelled to France with Thomas Maitland, a brother of Mary's secretary William Maitland of Lethington.Joseph Bain, ''Calendar of State Papers Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 24 no. 33.
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