User:HepburnABDN/John Vaus

John Vaus was alderman (the term used before provost) of Aberdeen for five separate spells between 1420 and 1445 (1420, 1425, 1428-30, 1436, 1444-5).

In 1430 Aberdeen had a new seal made, on the back of which an inscription stated that John Vaus was alderman.

In 1447, after his last term in office, Vaus seems to have been recognised for his services with a reward of fishing rights, although in the same year he found himself in trouble for disturbing the baillie court. By 1448 he had died.