Basic Biographical Details

Name: John Mylne
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Died: 1621
Bio Notes: John Mylne who died in 1621 was formerly considered the second John Mylne to be a leading master mason in Scotland. The first John Mylne had come from ‘the North Country’ in the sixteenth century. However further research has indicated that the John Mylne who is the subject of this entry was the son of Thomas Mylne, a Dundee master mason and perhaps a native of Elgin. Certainly this John Mylne was working in Dundee in the last decade of the sixteenth century. A document drawn up by the masons’ lodge in Perth states that he and his father in turn held the post of King’s Master Mason. John Mylne is also referred to as royal master mason in the memoirs of James Lord Somerville who died in 1690. He recalls that in 1584-5, the 7th Lord Somerville employed ‘John Millne, the king’s master meassone’ to build the family seat, The Drum.

In the 1580s Mylne undertook various jobs in Dundee. In September 1587 he was admitted a burgess for work done and still to be dine in the burgh, ‘and especially for repairing the whole harbour’. A number of other works are recorded between the 1580s and the 1620s.

In 1607 Mylne was admitted to the freedom of Perth gratis. As Master of the Lodge of Scone he entered James VI by his own desire as ‘frieman Meason and Fellow Craft'.

Mylne who was married to Helen Kinnereis, died in early 1621 and was buried in Greyfriars burial ground in Perth. A stone, originally a table-tomb top restored in 1849 and also in 1913, bears an epigraph to his memory, The architect Robert Mylne added a mural tablet in 1774. He had one son, also John, who died in 1657.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Dundee, ScotlandPrivate/business   

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 51584The DrumGilmerton EdinburghScotland 
Item 2 of 51586Market Cross  DundeeScotlandOctagonal shaft
Item 3 of 51587Harbour  DundeeScotlandRepair of the whole harbour
Item 4 of 51589Bannatyne HouseNewtyle AngusScotlandContracted with Dundee mason George Thomson to build house.
Item 5 of 51604Bridge over the River TayPerth PerthshireScotland 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 4APSD The Dictionary of Architectureed Wyatt PapworthThe Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) 
Item 2 of 4DNB Dictionary of National Biography   
Item 3 of 4Gifford, John2012The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee Yalep720
Item 4 of 4Mylne, R S The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland