as "Hob a Barton." In 1532 he was required to pay the wages of the royal gunner, Henry Borthwick, who had been killed at the siege of Tantallon Castle, to his children. Barton was treasurer again in 1534. In 1536 James V prepared for Robert to accompany him on his trip to France. The King granted Robert exemption from any legal actions during their absence. Robert, wrote James, was 'of gret age, febill, and waik in persoune.' Robert Barton died in 1540. James V had confirmed him as the owner of several estates, and in April 1538 created a free-barony of Over Barnton. The gift narrated;"his great services to the navy in time of war for the defence of Scots lieges and merchants against the English and other pirates, occasionally bringing himself into great expense, and other praiseworthy acts in the time of James IV and himself in his minority, as a comptroller and treasurer.largis sumptibus naves tempore guerre pro liegiorum et marcatorum suorum contra Anglos et alios piratos defensione, ejus personam quibusvis temporibus necessariis periculis exponendo: et pro aliis laudabilibus actis patri suo et sibbi in minori sua etate factis in thesaurarie et compotorum rotulatoris officiis." His first wife was Elizabeth Jameson. Their eldest son was John Barton of Duddingston who married Janet Littill. He second wife was Elizabeth Crawford. His other sons included James and Harry, who were awarded a royal pension for their education as clergy on 20 April 1541. Robert's heir, a son of Elizabeth Crawford, also a 'Robert', changed his name to Moubray when he married an heiress, Barbara Moubray of Barnebougall, in 1527. A daughter, Margaret married John Sandilands of Calder. Further reading Reid, W. S., Skipper from Leith, the history of Robert Barton of Over Barnton, (Pennsylvania, 1962). Murray, Athol, 'Barton, Robert (d. 1540)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, . 6 Nov. 2010 subscription required References Court of James V of Scotland Court of James IV of Scotland Scottish sailors 1540 deaths 16th-century Scottish businesspeople Businesspeople from Edinburgh Lord High Treasurers of Scotland Scottish merchants Year of birth unknown Politicians from Edinburgh