John Marriott

The Reverend John Marriott (1780–1825) was an English clergyman and poet, tutor to the family of the Duke of Buccleuch, the chief of Walter Scott’s clan, and later a curate and rector in Devon.

He wrote verses on Border subjects for the later editions of Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, including The Feast of Spurs and Archie Armstrong’s Aith.