Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton was an English diplomat and administrator. From 1612 to 1613, he served as a Lord of the Treasury. Wotton was Treasurer of the Household from 1616 to 1618, and also ser
Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton, late 16th century
Edinburgh plague of 1585
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There was a significant outbreak of plague in Edinburgh and Leith in April 1585. Sick people were isolated on the town's common grounds. Robert Rollock closed the town's college, the University of Edi
Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton
…court was dominated by James Stewart, Earl of Arran. Wotton's mission was to undermine him, as well as negotiate an Anglo-Scottish treaty. There was plague in Edinburgh, and Wotton joined the king at Falkland Palace in the Fife countryside. Wotton brought James VI an offer of a regular payment or subsidy of 20,000…
The first deaths from plague in Edinburgh in 1585 were in Fishmarket Close
Royal servants were quarantined at Huntingtower, then known as "Ruthven Castle".