David Arnot
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of Galloway |
| Title | Bishop of Galloway |
| Period in office | 1508–1526 |
| Predecessor | James Beaton |
| Successor | Henry Wemyss |
| Religious career | |
| Previous post | Archdeacon of Lothian (1498–1503) Abbot of Cambuskenneth (1503–1509) |
| Personal | |
| Date of birth | unknown |
| Place of birth | unknown |
| Date of death | 1536 × 1537 |
David Arnot O. S. A. (d. 1536 × 1537) was a 16th century Scottish Augustinian abbot and bishop. He was from the Arnot family of Arnot, Fife.[1]
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[edit] Early career
[edit] Archdeacon of Lothian
He was rector of Kirkforthar, Fife, receiving crown presentation to that parish church on September 19, 1497.[1] He received crown presentation to become Archdeacon of Lothian on October 26, 1498.[2]
[edit] Provost of Bothwell
He is found to be provost of the collegiate church of Bothwell in a document dating to September 20, 1499, a document recording a grant made to Arnot by the king of a tenement in Linlithgow; it is not known when he attained this position.[3] The last known provost is found as provost no later than January 26, 1468; and although this man, Patrick Leich, did not die until either 1493 or 1494, it is not known if Leich still held this position at his death.[4] Arnot was provost there no later than November 30, 1502, when James Beaton is attested as provost.[4]
[edit] Abbot of Cambuskenneth
After the death of Henry Abercrombie, Abbot of Cambuskenneth, on March 29, 1503, Arnot was provided to succeed Abercrombie to this abbacy.[5] He is found as abbot-elect on May 30 and then as full abbot on November 28.[5] Arnot held the Abbey of Cambuskenneth for over five years.[5]
[edit] Bishop of Galloway
In November 1508, after the translation of James Beaton from Bishop of Galloway to Archbishop of Glasgow, Arnot received crown nomination to the papacy to fill the vacant see of Galloway.[6] He was provided to the bishopric on January 29, 1509, and granted the temporalities of the see on May 27 as "Bishop of Candida Casa [Whithorn] and of the Chapel Royal".[7] Since 1504, the position of Bishop of Galloway and that of Dean of the Chapel Royal at Stirling went together.[8]
His position was supplemented in 1509, when he received crown nomination to receive Tongland Abbey in commendam, after the resignation of the previous Abbot of Tongland Peter Damian de Falcutiis.[9] Bishop Arnot was provided as Commendator of Tongland on April 18, 1510, for which on May 7 he paid the papacy 50 florins.[10]
He was sent on an embassy on behalf of King James V of Scotland in April 1516 to Henry VIII of England, for which he received a royal letter of protection on April 3, 1516; he was accompanied by, among others, the Bishop of Dunblane, the Bishop of Caithness , the Earl of Cassillis, the Earl of Morton and the Earl of Eglinton.[11]
He witnessed as royal charter in February 18, 1517, and another on March 28, 1522.[1]
David Arnot resigned his bishopric on January 23/4, 1526, to Henry Wemyss, with right of return and for a pension.[12] Although Arnot also resigned Tongland for lifelong pension with right of return on vacancy, Arnot may have effectively held on to Tongland for a few more years; repeated crown nominations of Wemyss to Tongland failed, apparently because of Arnot, while William Stewart, a canon of Glasgow Cathedral, also got crown nomination until the Pope finally agreed to give Wemyss the commend in 1530, with Stewart resigning his rights.[13]
Arnot is found consenting to a deed of Bishop Henry on June 7, 1535, and to another on July 10, 1536.[1] This was the last time Arnot can be found in the sources; he was dead by August 25, 1537, though he could have died at any time before this and after July 10, 1536.[14]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Dowden, Bishops, p. 372.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 313.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 372; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 345.
- ^ a b Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 345.
- ^ a b c Watt & Shead, Heads, p. 27.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 132.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 371; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 132; Watt & Shead, Heads, p. 27.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 128, 335-6.
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads, p. 211.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 371; Watt & Shead, Heads, p. 211.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 371.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 372; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 132.
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads, pp. 211-2.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 132.
[edit] References
- Donaldson, Gordon, "The Bishops and Priors of Whithorn", in Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarians Society: Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, Third Series, vol. 27 (1950), pp. 127-54
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
- Watt, D. E. R. & Shead, N. F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001)
| Religious titles | ||
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| Preceded by Alexander Gifford |
Archdeacon of Lothian 1498–1503 |
Succeeded by John Brady |
| Preceded by Patrick Leich |
Provost of Bothwell Collegiate Church × 1499–1500 × 1502 |
Succeeded by James Beaton |
| Preceded by Henry Abercrombie |
Abbot of Cambuskenneth 1503–1509 |
Succeeded by Andrew McBreck |
| Preceded by James Beaton |
Bishop of Galloway 1508–1526 |
Succeeded by Henry Wemyss |
| Dean of the Chapel Royal 1508–1526 |
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| Preceded by John Damian |
Commendator of Tongland 1509–1526 |
Succeeded by William Stewart |
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