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John Lesley (1527–1596)
Lesley, John. A Scotch historian; born Sept. 29, 1527; died in Brussels, Belgium, May 31, 1596. A stanch friend of Mary Queen of Scots, he was implicated in the project for her marriage to the Duke of Norfolk, and in the consequent rebellion in the north of England, and was imprisoned in the Tower. On his release he crossed to the Continent, and subsequently became bishop of Coutances in Normandy. His chief production is a history of Scotland (published at Rome, 1578), in ten books, seven in Latin and the last three in Scotch dialect.