King James I used the rivalry between Bishop-Chancellor Wardlaw and Lawrence, to petition the Pope, in 1426, to transfer the University from St Andrews to Perth, in line with the King's policy of bringing the Scottish Church under royal control.
This move failed, but it made the academic community aware of its common interests.
Parts of the original college buildings were incorporated into the King James library and adjoining structures in the nineteenth century.
St John's College coat of Arms was the red phoenix of St John the evangelist on a silver background with the motto in principio erat verbum diagonal across the phoenix.
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