# Peter Rollock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Rollock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Rollock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rollock > Source revision: 1339015803 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Scottish judge and bishop This article is about the 16th-century Scottish bishop. For the American gang leader, see [Sex Money Murder](/source/Sex_Money_Murder). **Peter Rollock** or **Rollo** of [Pilton](/source/Pilton%2C_Edinburgh) (c. 1558–1632) was a Scottish judge and Bishop of the [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland). ## Life This section needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Peter Rollock" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Peter Rollock was a son of Andrew Rollock of [Duncrub](/source/Duncrub), [Perthshire](/source/Perthshire), and his wife Marion Rollo, daughter and heiress of David Rollo of Bello.[1][2] He became a Law [student](/source/Student) at [St Mary's College, St Andrews](/source/St_Mary's_College%2C_St_Andrews) qualifying as an advocate in 1573 and further gaining a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Scotland)) degree in 1575. He did further studies in [Law](/source/Law) and Theology in [Continental Europe](/source/Continental_Europe). In March 1585 he was appointed [Bishop of Dunkeld](/source/Bishop_of_Dunkeld) in place of [James Paton](/source/James_Paton_(bishop)) and adopted the role in April, although he exercised few [episcopal](/source/Bishop) duties, the purpose of his appointment being to administer the [diocese](/source/Diocese) and to be eligible to sit in the [Parliament of Scotland](/source/Parliament_of_Scotland). Rollock became a royal judge and councillor, becoming an Extraordinary [Lord of Session](/source/Lord_of_Session) in May 1596 and an Ordinary Lord in December 1598. After travelling to England with King James VI in 1603 to take part in his coronation in the capacity of King [James I of England](/source/James_I_of_England), Rollock was Comptroller of the King's Household for two years, returning to Scotland in 1605. As King James began reviving [episcopacy](/source/Episcopal_polity), Rollock was compelled to give up his [bishopric](/source/Diocese), and [James Nicolson](/source/James_Nicolson_(bishop)) was appointed in his place in 1607. Rollock experienced a fluctuating position in the higher echelons of government, losing (1609) and regaining (1610) and then resigning (1620) his place on the bench, and going in (1587) and out (1610) and in again (1616) and then leaving (1625) the [Privy Council](/source/Privy_Council). On 21 September 1611 an attempt was made on his life by two sons of Matthew Finlayson of Killeith or Kinleith, with whom he was in the midst of a lawsuit. They fired on him en route from Restalrig to Pilton.[3] He died at Pilton House near Edinburgh on 30 June 1632. ## Family He firstly married (1594) the twice-widowed Christian Cant, but had no children. He then married (1607) Elizabeth Weston, widow of John Fairlie of [Bruntsfield](/source/Bruntsfield) and had one son, Walter Rollock. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gordon MacGregor, [*Red Book of Scotland*, 2025 edition, volume 15, p. 10](https://redbookofscotland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RBS-Content-Vol-15.pdf) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Scots Peerage*, 7 (Edinburgh, ), p. 188. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae*; vol. 7; by Hew Scott ## Sources - Goodare, Julian, "[Rollock, Peter, of Pilton (c.1558–1632)](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24031)", in the *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 19 Feb 2007] - [Watt, D.E.R.](/source/D._E._R._Watt), *Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638*, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969) Religious titles Preceded by James Paton Bishop of Dunkeld 1585–1607 Succeeded by James Nicolson v t e Bishops of Dunkeld Secular Abbot-Bishops Túathal Flaithbertach Dúnchad Crínán Ethelred Pre-Reformation Bishops Cormac John of Atholl Gregoir Richard Walter de Bidun John Scotus Richard de Prebenda John de Leicester Hugh de Sigillo Matthew the Scot Gilbert Geoffrey de Liberatione Richard de Inverkeithing Robert de Stuteville Hugh de Stirling William the Dean Matthew de Crambeth John de Leche William Sinclair Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray Richard de Pilmuir Robert de Den Donnchadh de Strathearn John Luce John de Carrick Michael de Monymusk Andrew Umfray John de Peebles Robert Sinclair Robert de Cardeny Domhnall MacNeachdainn James Kennedy Alexander Lauder Thomas Livingston James Bruce William Turnbull John de Ralston Thomas Lauder James Livingston Alexander Inglis George Brown Andrew Stewart Gavin Douglas Robert Cockburn George Crichton John Hamilton Donald Campbell Robert Crichton Post-Reformation Bishops Church of Scotland James Paton Peter Rollock James Nicolson Alexander Lindsay of Evelick George Haliburton Henry Guthrie William Lindsay of Dovehill Andrew Bruce John Hamilton Scottish Episcopal John Hamilton Thomas Rattray John Alexander Charles Rose Jonathan Watson Patrick Torry Roman Catholic George Rigg James Smith Angus MacFarlane Robert Fraser John Toner James Scanlan William Hart Vincent Logan Stephen Robson Italics indicate non consecrated, titular or doubtful bishops --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Rollock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rollock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rollock?action=history)). 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