ANDREW, a Scottish poet and historian of the 14th century; but very little is known of his life. He was a canon regular of St Andrews, and was prior of the monastery of St Serf in the island of Loch Leven in Kinros-fhire; for in the chartulary of the priory of St Andrews there are several public instruments of Andrew Winton, as prior of Loch Leven. They are dated between the years 1395 and 1413, so that Winton must have been contemporary with Barbour, whose merits are on several occasions celebrated by him. Winton is best known as the author of the Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland. This work was undertaken at the request of Sir John Wemyss, the ancestor of the noble family of that name. It remained neglected for several centuries, but in 1795 a splendid edition of that part of it relative to Scottish affairs, was published by Mr Macpherson. The time of Winton's death is unknown; but, as he mentions the death of Robert duke of Albany, which happened in 1420, the historian must have been alive at that time.