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Napier was appointed general of the cunzie-house (master of the Mint) in 1576, and on 25 April 1581 he was directed, with others, to take proceedings against John
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On 8 February 1588 the king granted to Napier, Elizabeth
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Edenbellie as heir to his father on 8 November 1548, a royal dispensation enabling him, though a minor, to feudalise his right to his paternal barony in contemplation of his marriage with Janet Bothwell, which took place about 1549.
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one of the assessors to prepare the matters to be submitted to the general assembly of the kirk of
Scotland, and his name occurs in following years as an ordinary member of assembly, and also as acting on special commissions and deputations.
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