Origins and Early History
Most sources state that the family is descended from Galfridus de Melville, a Norman knight who settled in Scotland in the 12th Century. The surname is said to derive from Malleville a manor in the Pays de Caux.
James Melville was one of the leading assassins of Cardinal David Beaton on 29 May 1546.
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