Sir David Guthrie

Sir David Guthrie was a Scottish noble from the region of Angus in the North-East of Scotland. From his youth David was connected to court and started his official career as armour-bearer to James II (r. 1437-1460), afterwards rising high in favor with James III (r. 1460-1488).

In 1461, David was appointed Lord Treasurer of Scotland, and was elevated to Lord Chief Justice of Scotland in 1473. In 1468 he began the construction of the magnificent Guthrie Castle. Besides that he founded and endowed a collegiate church at Guthrie for a provost and three prebends (increased by his eldest son to eight), and confirmed by a bull from Sixtus IV, dated at Rome 14 June 1479.

Sir David Guthrie does not appear in the documents after 1474, but he probably survived till 1479. His eldest son, Alexander Guthrie, a grandson, three sons-in-law, and a nephew were all slain at Battle of Flodden, which took place on 9 September 1513.