Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie

[1] Wardlaw was administrator of the Dunfermline estates of Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI His predecessor as the queen's chamberlain was William Schaw.

[3] In 1596, the financial administrators known as the Octavians appointed Wardlaw as Receiver General, responsible for the income of the Comptrollery and the New Augmentations (duties paid from former church lands) and mint.

[7] The queen as sponsor or godmother wanted presents of money distributed at the baptism, and Anna Hay, Countess of Winton was to be her representative.

[13] After the death of Anne of Denmark in 1619, Wardlaw continused to administer the Dunfermline estates for Prince Charles, and his accounts for this period survive in the National Archives of Scotland.

[15] In 1626 Wardlaw paid from his receipts of royal revenue for 26 blue gowns given 26 poor men at Holyrood Abbey on the birthday of King Charles, 19 November.