In pursuit o this he arrested fer heresy an executed by burnin George Wishart, a popular critic o the Church. A few weeks later Beaton wis murdered, mutilated, an hung fae his ain windae in St Andrews Castle, 'the deed was foully done'... David Beaton. Career[edit] Politically, Beaton was preoccupied with the maintenance of the Franco-Scottish alliance, and opposing Anglophile political attitudes, which were associated with the clamour for Protestant reform in Scotland ('the whole pollution and plague of Anglican impiety' as he called it). He was afraid that James V might follow Henry VIII's policy of appropriating monastic revenues. Relations became strained between James V and his uncle, Henry VIII of England, who sought to detach Scotland from its allegiance to the Holy See and bring it into subjection to himself.
Henry sent two successive embassies to Scotland to urge James to follow his example in renouncing the authority of the Pope in his dominions. King James declined to be drawn into Henry's plans and refused to leave his kingdom for a meeting with Henry. Hostilities broke out between the two kingdoms in 1542. The Cardinal was blamed by many for the war with England that led to the defeat at Solway Moss in November 1542.[1]
Cardinal David Beaton Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland. Cardinal David Beaton. BEATON, or BEATOUN, (CARDINAL) DAVID, who held the rectory of Campsie, the abbacy of Aberbrothick, the bishopric of Mirepoix in France, the cardinalship of St Stephen in Monte Caelio, and the chancellorship of Scotland, and who was the chief of the Roman Catholic party in Scotland in the earlier age of the reformation, was descended from an ancient family in Fife, possessed of the barony of Balfour, and was born in the year 1494. He was educated at the college of St Andrews, where he completed his courses of polite literature and philosophy, but was sent afterwards to the university of Paris, where he studied divinity for several years.
Entering into holy orders, he had the rectory of Campsie and the abbacy of Aberbrothick bestowed upon him, by his uncle, James Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrew’s, who retained one-half of the rents of the abbacy to his own use. In the year 1533, he was again sent on a mission to the French court. Overview of Cardinal David Beaton. Cardinal David Beaton. The Murder of Cardinal David Beaton or Bethune. David Beaton or Bethune was born at Markinch in Fife in 1494, the third son of seven to John Beaton of Balfour in Fife and Isabel Moneypenny, daughter of Dasvid Moneypenny of Pitmilly. He studied at St Andrews and matriculated 26 October 1511, after which he went to the University of Paris. In 1519 he was appointed to be Envoy at the French Court by James V. Wealth was conferred by his uncle, Archbishop James Beaton, who gave him the rectories of Campsie and Cambuslang.
He was then granted the Commendatory of Arbroath by Pope Adrian IV. He became Archbishop of St Andrews when his uncle James died in 1539. David senior was invested by the Pope with the dignity of a Legate a latere in Scotland in an effort to combat the spreading Protestant doctrines. "I assure your majesty that he excused the Cardinal in everything, and seemed wonderous loath to hear of anything that should sound as an untruth in him, but rather gave him great praise. " Cardinal David Beaton. David Beaton, Cardinal Archbishop of St. Andrews and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, was murdered by a band of Protestant Reformers, on the 29th of May, 1546. David Beaton was effectively the last Archbishop of St Andrews (appointed in 1539) and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.
He was murdered (or assassinated, if you prefer – he didn’t have much say in the matter, nor less the manner, of his death and the distinction wouldn’t have made any difference to him deid) in St Andrews Castle by some Lordly Protestant Reformers. Beaton was a hugely powerful man, very prominent in the turbulent politics of the day, and he made many enemies. A lot of that was his own doing, of course, as he wisnae short of self belief and supposed himself to have both right and might on his side. David Beaton (or Bethune) was born in Balfour (or Markinch), and educated at St. In 1522, again through family influence, which was par for the course (OK, no more St. The Life of Cardinal Beaton. Cardinal David Beaton was a prominent figure during the Scottish reformation, and was effectively the last Archbishop of St. Andrews, appointed to this position in 1539. Opposed by protestants like John Knox, for having a steady stream of mistresses and fathering some 20 illegitimate children, David Beaton personified everything that was corrupt and in need of change in the Church.
In December 1545, Beaton arrested George Wishart, a Protestant preacher famous for turning back the plague from Dundee. Following a mock trial, Beaton had Wishart burned at the stake in front of St Andrews Castle on 1 March 1546. Outraged by this act, a group of Protestant lairds from Fife including Norman Leslie, master of Rothes, William Kirkaldy of Grange and James Melville entered the casle at daybreak on 29 May 1546 disguised as stonemasons. The lairds found Beaton in bed with his mistress, Marion Ogilvy, and dragged him screaming from the bedchamber. They had hoped for support from Henry VIII, but none came. David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation (c. 1494 – 1546) DAVID BEATON, archbishop of St Andrews and cardinal, was a younger son of John Beaton of Balfour in the county of Fife, and is said to have been born in the year 1494.
He was educated at the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow, and afterwards studied at Paris. His first preferment was the parsonage of Campsie and the chancellorship of the church of Glasgow, to which he was presented in the year 1519 by his uncle James Beaton, then archbishop of Glasgow. When James Beaton was translated to St Andrews he resigned the rich abbacy of Arbroath in his nephew's favour, under reservation of one half of the revenues to himself during his lifetime. The great ability of Beaton and the patronage of his uncle ensured his rapid promotion to high offices in the church and kingdom. Beaton was one of King James's most trusted advisers, and is said to have taken a part in dissuading him from his proposed interview with Henry VIII. at -York. The character of Beaton has already been indicated. David Beaton « The History Lady. Mary, Queen of Scots visited St. Andrews on her first progress through Scotland after her return on 17 August 1561.
According to John Guy in Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart (must read for Queen Mary fans), by the third week of September, Mary and the Maries amused themselves by “playing house, banishing the symbols of royalty and doing their own shopping.” It is a cute story. More interesting is the history of the Scottish Reformation at St. Andrews, in particular the uprising participated in by, among others, Kirkcaldy of Grange in retaliation for the death of religious reformer, George Wishart. Wishart traveled Scotland denouncing the errors of the Papacy and abuses in the Roman Catholic Church, until he was seized on the orders of Mary Beaton’s cousin, Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St. The murderers holed up in the castle at St. Cathedral of St Andrew, Fife I spent more time today at the ruins of the Cathedral of St. Loch Leven Castle Like this: Like Loading...
David Beaton. Cardinal Beaton Murdered - 1501-1600 Church History Timeline. It was dark when the conspirators gathered in a house not far from St. Andrews castle. Norman Leslie arrived first with five friends. Since he had used the house often in the past, he roused no suspicion. Other men slipped into town later that night under cover of darkness. The next morning, on this day, May 29, 1546, when the gates of St. Finally, John Leslie arrived with four men. Thinking that an army must be close behind, the repairmen fled. When Leslie ordered the cardinal to open his door, Beaton refused. John Leslie struck him twice with his dagger, followed by Peter Carmichael. John Knox joined the murderers soon afterward, seeking protection. Bibliography: "Cardinal David Beaton. " The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 20, 1538.
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Biographical DictionaryPope Paul III (1534-1549) Consistory of December 20, 1538 (IV) (22) 1. ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO, O.P., Juan (1488-1557) Birth. July 15, 1488 (1), Alba de Tormes, diocese of Salamanca, Spain (2). Son of Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, second duke of Alba, and Isabel de Zúñiga. Relative of Cardinal Fernando de Toledo Oropesa (1578) Education. Priesthood. Episcopate. Cardinalate. Death. Bibliography. . (1) This is according to Hernández, R. . (23) 2. Birth. Education. Early life. Sacred orders. Episcopate. Cardinalate. Death. Bibliography. Link. . (24) 3. Birth. 1485/1490 , Lorraine, France. Education. Sacred orders. Episcopate. Cardinalate. Death. Bibliography. . (1) This is according to Berton, Dictionnaire des cardinaux, col. 1132; Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, IV, 204-205, says that he died in Metz and was buried in the chapel that he had founded in the cathedral of that city. (25) 4.
Education. Early life. David Beaton. David Beaton Born: c. 1494Birthplace: ScotlandDied: 29-May-1546Location of death: St. Andrews, Fife, ScotlandCause of death: Murder Gender: MaleRace or Ethnicity: WhiteSexual orientation: StraightOccupation: Religion Nationality: ScotlandExecutive summary: Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Scottish cardinal and archbishop of St.
Beaton was one of King James's most trusted advisers, and it was mainly due to his influence that the king drew closer the French alliance and refused King Henry VIII's overtures to follow him in his religious policy. The death of Wishart produced a deep effect on the Scottish people, and the cardinal became an object of general dislike, which encouraged his enemies to proceed with the design they had formed against him. The character of Beaton has already been indicated. Beaton's uncle, James Beaton, or Bethune (d. 1539), Archbishop of Glasgow and St. Father: John Beaton University: University of St. Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of Saint Andrews (c.1494 - 1546. David Beaton (c. 1494 – 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation. He was a younger son of John Beaton of Balfour in the county of Fife, and is said to have been born in 1494.
He was educated at the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow, and in his sixteenth year was sent to Paris, where he studied civil and canon law. He began his political career at the French court. Between 1533 and 1542 he acted several times as King James V of Scotland's ambassador to France. Politically, Beaton was preoccupied with the maintenance of the Franco-Scottish alliance, and opposing Anglophile political attitudes, which were associated with the clamour for Protestant reform in Scotland ('the whole pollution and plague of Anglican impiety' as he called it).
As for the Cardinal, I grant, He was the man we weel could want' And we’ll forget him soon! Your Paintings - Cardinal David Beaton (1494–1546) Core Record NIRP - VADS: the online resource for visual arts. About contact terms of use image credits Cookies © 2013. St Andrews.