James Barroun

[1] In 1558 his kinsman Patrick Barroun obtained paintings in Flanders for Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland, for an altarpiece she installed at the Chapel Royal in Holyrood Palace.

[2] James Barroun was primarily a textile merchant, and his will lists the luxury fabrics in his shop or booth and work house in detail, and the farmstock of his estate at Kinnaird in Dairsie, Fife.

[4] In January 1548 he provided white taffeta to line the purple velvet gown, the "rob ryall" or robe-royal, for the wedding of Barbara Hamilton after Mary of Guise rejected inferior cloth.

[9] As the Scottish Reformation progressed, Barroun was asked to dismantle and remove the Mary bell of St Giles' Kirk.

The burgh council had decided to sell the church silver and vestments to fund its works, especially that of reforming the fabric of St Giles for Protestant worship.

[11] In June 1561 James Barroun was asked by the town council to request the return of their artillery from Edinburgh Castle.

Barroun lent money to Moray and held Mary's diamond crucifix, an emerald pendant, and other jewels as a pledge.