Innerwick Castle
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Innerwick Castle is a ruined castle in East Lothian, Scotland, near the village of Innerwick, 5 miles from Dunbar, on the Thornton Burn, and overlooking Thornton Glen.
Innerwick Castle
Peter Meutas
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Peter Meutas or Mewtas, or Mewtis, or Meautis, or Meautys was an English courtier and soldier.
Innerwick Castle
…had been extended several times, was captured and destroyed by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset in September 1547. English soldiers directed by Peter Meutas managed to access the basement and set the castle on fire. Both Innerwick and nearby Thornton castles were of strategic importance for guarding routes…
Jane Meutas by Hans Holbein
Peter Meutas deployed handguns called "hagbutts" against a Scottish army at Inverleith
Peter Meutas was governor of Castle Cornet in Guernsey during refortification for artillery
Mary, Queen of Scots, trusted Meutas as a diplomat in a sensitive negotiation.