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John Mylne (died 1621)

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33: 124:. Mylne was made a burgess of Perth in 1607, although his bridge was destroyed by a flood in October 1621, just four years after completion, and shortly after Mylne's death. In 1620 he was engaged by the 352: 77:
Mylne was well established as a mason by the 1580s. He was made a burgess of Dundee in 1587 for various works in the city, and in particular his renewing of the
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Colvin (pp.567-8) states Mylne carried out extensions, but the Historic Environment Record for Bannatyne House names Mylne as the building's architect.
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No official record of his appointment exists, but he is described as such in contemporary documents. Colvin, Howard (1978)
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into a family of master builders. His great-grandfather, also John (died 1513), had been Master Mason to both
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From 1604 to 1617 Mylne was engaged planning and executing an eleven-arched bridge across the
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Memorial in Greyfriars Burial Ground, commemorating John Mylne's work on the bridge at Perth
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which formerly stood in the High Street. In 1584-5 he was engaged on alterations to
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Mylne married Helen Kinnereis, or Kenneries, and had one recorded child, his son
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in Perth, where his monument, including a 1774 tablet added by his descendant
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of Dundee. His grandfather may have been Robert Mylne (d. 1549) former
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at a time when the mason's lodges were moving away from being simply
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Architecture of Scotland: Reformation to Restoration, 1560-1660
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Architecture of Scotland: Reformation to Restoration, 1560-1660
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840
213:The cross was removed to a churchyard in 1777. 8: 143:. He died in early 1621, and was buried in 235:The Drum, now on the south-east edge of 203:. Provincial Grand Lodge of Forfarshire. 185: 183: 181: 179: 177: 160: 353:Master masons to the Crown of Scotland 239:, was rebuilt as a Palladian house by 52:Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland 7: 25: 226:Edinburgh University Press, p.216 113:to the lodge as a Freeman Mason. 267:Dictionary of National Biography 316:Angus Historic Monuments Record 27:Scottish stonemason (died 1621) 81:'s harbour. He also built the 1: 201:"Dundee and the Mylne Family" 369: 312:"Bannatyne House, Newtyle" 305:Edinburgh University Press 199:McIntosh, Iain D. (2014). 132:to build a new church at 145:Greyfriars Burial Ground 299:Howard, Deborah (1995) 272:Oxford University Press 222:Howard, Deborah (1995) 37: 343:Burgesses in Scotland 286:Yale University Press 35: 243:in the 18th century. 18:John Mylne (d. 1621) 333:Scottish architects 89:, a tower house in 348:People from Dundee 109:, and he admitted 43:(died 1621) was a 38: 294:978-0-300-12508-5 72:provost of Dundee 54:. He was born in 16:(Redirected from 360: 319: 253: 250: 244: 233: 227: 220: 214: 211: 205: 204: 196: 190: 189:Colvin, pp.567-8 187: 172: 165: 151:, still stands. 21: 368: 367: 363: 362: 361: 359: 358: 357: 323: 322: 310: 284:. 4th edition, 262: 257: 256: 251: 247: 234: 230: 221: 217: 212: 208: 198: 197: 193: 188: 175: 166: 162: 157: 95:Lord Somerville 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 366: 364: 356: 355: 350: 345: 340: 335: 325: 324: 321: 320: 308: 297: 278:Colvin, Howard 275: 261: 258: 255: 254: 245: 228: 215: 206: 191: 173: 159: 158: 156: 153: 93:, for the 7th 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 365: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 334: 331: 330: 328: 317: 313: 309: 306: 302: 298: 295: 291: 287: 283: 279: 276: 273: 269: 268: 264: 263: 259: 249: 246: 242: 238: 232: 229: 225: 219: 216: 210: 207: 202: 195: 192: 186: 184: 182: 180: 178: 174: 170: 164: 161: 154: 152: 150: 146: 142: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 114: 112: 111:King James VI 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 46: 42: 34: 30: 19: 315: 300: 281: 265: 260:Bibliography 248: 241:William Adam 231: 223: 218: 209: 194: 168: 163: 149:Robert Mylne 138: 115: 107:craft guilds 83:mercat cross 76: 48:master mason 40: 39: 29: 338:1621 deaths 79:royal burgh 327:Categories 274:, 1921–22. 171:, pp.567-8 155:References 41:John Mylne 237:Edinburgh 118:River Tay 60:James III 134:Falkland 87:The Drum 64:James IV 45:Scottish 280:(1978) 91:Lothian 68:burgess 292:  56:Dundee 130:Scone 126:Laird 122:Perth 103:Scone 99:Angus 290:ISBN 141:John 62:and 128:of 120:at 329:: 314:. 303:, 288:, 270:, 176:^ 74:. 318:. 307:. 296:. 20:)

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John Mylne (d. 1621)

Scottish
master mason
Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland
Dundee
James III
James IV
burgess
provost of Dundee
royal burgh
mercat cross
The Drum
Lothian
Lord Somerville
Angus
Scone
craft guilds
King James VI
River Tay
Perth
Laird
Scone
Falkland
John
Greyfriars Burial Ground
Robert Mylne


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