David Moysie was a Scottish notary public

Notary public

A notary public in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business...

, known as author of the Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, 1577-1603.

Life

He was by profession a writer and notary public. A notarial attestation of a lease by him occurs in 1577. From 1582 he was engaged as a crown servant, first as a clerk of the privy council, carry out secretarial work under the superintendence of John Andrew, and attending James VI at court. Afterwards, about 1596, he was in the office of John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir

John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir

-Life:He was second son of David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, by his wife Catherine Campbell, daughter of Sir John Campbell of Lorn. Along with his brother David Lindsay, lord Edzell, he was sent under the care of James Lawson to complete his education on the continent...

, king's secretary. On 3 August 1584 he obtained a grant under the privy seal of for his son David's schooling; on the death of his son, soon after, he had the gift ratified in his own favour on 19 February 1585. Other references occur in letters written to Sir John Lindsay the secretary in 1596.

Works

The Memoirs are the record of an eye witness, surviving in two manuscripts. They were printed by Ruddiman (Edinburgh, 1755), and edited for the Bannatyne Club

Bannatyne Club

The Bannatyne Club was founded by Sir Walter Scott to print rare works of Scottish interest, whether in history, poetry, or general literature. It printed 116 volumes in all. It was dissolved in 1861....

(Edinburgh, 1830).