Guthrie, John (1)

Guthrie, John (1)

a Scotch prelate, was promoted to the see of Moray from Edinburgh, in 1623, where he continued until he was deprived with the other prelates by the Glasgow Assembly in 1638. He then lived at Spynie castle till 1640, when he was forced to surrender it to colonel Monroe, after which he retired to his own private castle of Guthrie, in the county of Angus. He died not long afterwards. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 152.