'''James Redheuch''', '''Redeheuch''', '''Reidheugh''', '''Riddoch''', or '''Reddoch''' (died 1541) was a Scottish courtier.
He was a burgess of Stirling and became a steward in the household of [[James IV of Scotland]] when he was prince (before the death of [[James III of Scotland]].<ref>William Hepburn, ''Household and Court of James IV'' (Boydell, 2023), p. 83.</ref> [[File:Ruins of Tullichettle Church - geograph.org.uk - 1451863.jpg|thumb|right|Ruins of the kirk of Tullichettle, near [[Comrie, Perth and Kinross]]]]
As [[Comptroller of Scotland]] from 1505 to 1509 and 1512 to 1513,<ref>[[Athol Murray]], "Financing the Royal Household", ''Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland'' (Scottish Academic Press, 1983), p. 42.</ref> and Chamberlain of [[Menteith]] and of [[Strathearn]], Redheuch was in charge of revenues paid to [[James IV of Scotland]].<ref>William Hepburn, ''Household and Court of James IV'' (Boydell, 2023), p. 135.</ref> He was also a [[food and the Scottish royal household|steward of the household]] from 1502 to 1510.<ref>[[Aeneas James George Mackay]], ''Exchequer Rolls, 1508–1513'', vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1891), p. ix.</ref>
Redheuch usually acted as an administrator the king's household, while [[Duncan Forestar]] of Garden was the equivalent comptroller of Margaret Tudor's household.<ref>''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1507–1513'', vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1902), pp. 27, 447.</ref>
In November 1503 he bought pewter water pots for the royal household. In October 1504, he organised carts to come to [[Dunfermline Palace]] to help evacuate [[Margaret Tudor]] and her English servants to [[Lindores Abbey]] because of a plague scare. The carts were not used, and Margaret and the "[[Ellen More|More Lassis]]" came to Edinburgh in November.<ref>''Accounts of Treasurer, 1500–1504'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 463, 468, 503.</ref>
Redheuch held various lands in Perthshire, including from 1502, Tullichedil (Tullichettle)<ref>''Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1424–1513'' (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 663 no. 3106.</ref> and [[Cultybraggan Camp|Cultybraggan]] near [[Comrie, Perth and Kinross]].<ref>John Hunter & John Macpherson, ''Chronicles of Strathearn'' (Crieff: David Philips, 1896), p. 168.</ref><ref>[https://powis.scot/sites/tullichettle-old-parish-church-site-1006/ Tullichettle Old Parish Church]</ref><ref>[https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/corpusofscottishchurches/site.php?id=157753 Corpus of Scottish Churches, Tullichettle]</ref>
His wife was called Margaret. The family continued to live around the Comrie area. A daughter, Euphemia Redheuch, married Walter Stewart, a son of William Stewart of Advorlich. His granddaughter Barbara married John Drummond of Lennoch, north of Comrie. By 1571, there was a feud between the Redheuch family of Cultybraggan and the [[William Murray (died 1562)|Murrays]] of Drumfin and [[Tullibardine Castle|Tullibardine]]. This followed the marriage of Isobel Redheuch and Alexander Murray of Drumfin, a son of [[William Murray (died 1562)|William Murray]] of [[Tullibardine]].<ref>[[Jane Dawson]], ''Clan Campbell Letters'' (Edinburgh: SHS, 1997), pp. 59, 273.</ref>
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