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John de Roxburgh

14th century Scottish noble

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ97687092 ↗
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John de Roxburgh (died 1346) was a Scottish clerk and soldier who was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland, fought and was killed in the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346.

He was clerk to both Robert Peebles and Reginald de Mure, prior Lord Chamberlains of Scotland. Appointed as Lord Chamberlain of Scotland by David II, in 1343, he died in the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346, during the rout of the Scottish army. King David II was captured and a large number of the nobility of Scotland were killed or captured.

References

Rollason, David W. and Prestwich, Michael. The Battle of Neville's Cross, 1346, Studies in North-Eastern history. Shaun Tyas for the North-East England History Institute, 1998.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1346, 1343, 1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where John, Roxburgh and 14th can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “John de Roxburgh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.