Nicholas Otterbourne or Otterburn (c.1400–1462) was a Scottish churchman and official, clerk register of Scotland and a diplomat.

Life

Otterbourne is mentioned on 9 January 1450 as

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, canon of

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, and official of

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; on 20 March 1450 as secretary to

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, and in 1454 as clerk of the rolls. He was one of those who had been sent in February 1448 to France on a confidential mission in connection with the king's marriage. On 3 November 1450 he had a warrant of safe-conduct for three months to pass into France; on 3 June 1455 a warrant from the king of England for a safe-conduct to England for four months; and on 11 May 1456 a warrant for three months. On 13 July 1459 he had a safe-conduct, with others, into England to confer with English commissioners at

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Works

He is stated to have been the author of ''Epithalamium Jacobi II, Lib. 1.''

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Otterbourne, Nicholas 15th-century Scottish Roman Catholic priests 1462 deaths Year of birth unknown Medieval Scottish diplomats 15th-century diplomats Year of birth uncertain Vicars of St Giles' Cathedral