David Arnot (bishop)
David Arnot | |
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| Bishop of Galloway | |
 Coat of arms of David Arnot | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Diocese of Galloway |
| In office | 1509–1526 |
| Predecessor | James Beaton |
| Successor | Henry Wemyss |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1536 or 1537 |
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David Arnot (before 1497 – 1536 or 1537) was a Scottish prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) from 1509 to 1526. He was from the Arnot family of Arnot, Fife.[1]
Early career
Archdeacon of Lothian
Arnot was Rector of Kirkforthar, Fife, receiving crown presentation to that parish church on 19 September 1497.[1] He received crown presentation to become Archdeacon of Lothian on 26 October 1498.[2]
Provost of Bothwell
Arnot is found to be provost of the collegiate church of Bothwell in a document dating to 20 September 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 26 January 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 30 November 1502, when James Beaton is attested as provost.[4]
Abbot of Cambuskenneth
After the death of Henry Abercrombie, Abbot of Cambuskenneth, on 29 March 1503, Arnot was provided to succeed him.[5] He is found as abbot-elect on 30 May and then as full abbot on 28 November.[5] Arnot led the Abbey of Cambuskenneth for over five years.[5]
Bishop of Galloway
In November 1508, after the translation of James Beaton from
Arnot's position was supplemented in 1509, when he received crown nomination to receive
Arnot was sent on an embassy on behalf of King
Arnot witnessed a royal charter on 18 February 1517, and another on 28 March 1522.[1]
Arnot resigned his bishopric on 23/4 January 1526, to
Arnot is found consenting to a deed of Bishop Henry on 7 June 1535, and to another on 10 July 1536.[1] This was the last time Arnot can be found in the sources; he was dead by 25 August 1537, though he could have died at any time before this and after 10 July 1536.[6]
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.
- ^ a b 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.
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)
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