John Clavie or Clavee (died 1607) was a Scottish apothecary who worked for

James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...

and the royal family.

Background

Clavie was based in Edinburgh and moved with the court to London on the

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. He was probably related to "Jhone Clavie" or "Clavye" (died 1586), a candlemaker who supported

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in the

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. The candlemaker John Clavie and his business partners were censured for exporting tallow in March 1569.

Career

In April 1598, Edinburgh burgh hosted a banquet for

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's brother, Ulrik, Duke of Holstein, at the house of Ninian MacMorran at Riddle's court. Two apothecaries, John Lawtie and John Clavie sweetened and added spices to wine to make

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. A third apothecary,

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made two pints of "vergeis" and a

mutchkin ''Disambiguation: a "mutchkin" can also refer a close-fitting Scottish cap''. The mutchkin ( gd, mùisgein) was a Scottish unit of liquid volume measurement that was in use from at least 1661 (and possibly as early as the 15th century) until the ...

of perfumed rose water. Clavie was appointed an apothecary in ordinary to King James in March 1603, and appointed to serve

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and the other royal children on 19 July.

Death

John Clavie died in 1607. He was replaced in the royal household by Lewis Lemire, an apothecary from Flanders.

Family

He married Marie Aldinstoun. After Clavie's death, she married Patrick Livingstone, feuar of Saltcoats.

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, ''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1613-1616'', vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1891), p. 160.

References

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