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- John Huntar was a Scottish farmer who kept livestock in Holyrood Park for Mary, Queen of Scots. Huntar was a burgess of the Canongate, a district of Edinburgh which then had a separate administration. He became keeper of Holyrood Park during the regency of Mary of Guise and was paid a fee of £20 Scots. In 1559 and 1560 he built a house in the park, constructed a section of the park dyke, and employed masons and other labourers to repair boundaries, some of which had been destroyed by the villagers of Duddingston. In 1563 he provided mutton to the royal household and bought and drove 77 cattle to Holyrood Park. In 1564 he provided meat to the royal household and 24 stones of wool worth £25 to the exchequer. Huntar became the leaseholder of Holyrood Park on 20 March 1565, and was contracted to repair the boundary dykes and drainage ditches around the meadows. The lands included the Abbot's meadow and a marshy area extending extending towards Restalrig. In March 1567 Queen Mary upgraded his terms and he was to make improvements in Holyrood park, including planting broom to feed the sheep. His wife Margaret Aikman died in 1570. A valley on Arthur's Seat is called Hunter's Bog. It is unclear if it is named after John Huntar. (en)
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- John Huntar was a Scottish farmer who kept livestock in Holyrood Park for Mary, Queen of Scots. Huntar was a burgess of the Canongate, a district of Edinburgh which then had a separate administration. He became keeper of Holyrood Park during the regency of Mary of Guise and was paid a fee of £20 Scots. In 1559 and 1560 he built a house in the park, constructed a section of the park dyke, and employed masons and other labourers to repair boundaries, some of which had been destroyed by the villagers of Duddingston. His wife Margaret Aikman died in 1570. (en)
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