Sir William Scott, Lord Balwearie (died 1532), or William Scot, was a Scottish judge.

Biography

Scott was elder son of Sir William Scott of Balwearie, by Isobel, daughter of Sir John Moncrieff of Moncrieff. He accompanied

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in his expedition into England in 1513, and, being taken prisoner at the

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, was obliged to sell a portion of his lands of

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to purchase his ransom. In February 1524 he was chosen a commissioner to parliament, when he was appointed one of the

lords of the articles The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council of ...

for the barons, an honour frequently afterwards conferred on him, although obtained by no one else under the rank of a peer. On 24 November he was styled a justice, in the absence of the

justice-general The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General is the most senior judge in Scotland, the head of the judiciary, and the presiding judge of the College of Justice, the Court of Session, and the High Court of Justiciary. The ...

, in a commission appointed to do justice on the "malt makers of Leith for common oppression through the exorbitant dearth raised by them, and of their causing through the whole realm". On the institution of the

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on 13 May 1532, he was nominated the first

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on the temporal side, but died before 19 November of the same year. By his wife, Janet Lundy, daughter of Thomas Lundy of Lundy, he had two sons, Sir William, father of Sir James Scott (fl. 1579–1606), and Thomas (1480?–1539).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, William Year of birth missing 1532 deaths 16th-century Scottish people Balwearie Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland 16th-century Scottish judges