[1] At some stage he attended the University of St Andrews and obtained a Licentiate in decrees.
[4] He was consecrated by the end of April 1448, after making a payment of 450 gold florins.
[5] On 20 April 1448 he is recorded as secretary to King James II and keeper of the Privy Seal.
[6] In this year John and two other officials were sent to France as ambassadors in a mission to, among other things, find a suitable bride for King James; the mission went first to the King of France and then to the Duke of Burgundy.
He appears to have died before 28 April 1452 when Ralston's successor Thomas Lauder was recorded as being bishop-elect of Dunkeld.