Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Archbishops of St. Andrews, Vol. 4
The great Calendar of Letters and Papers of the reign of Henry VIII. Covers the period of David Beaton's active life, and offers a mass of historical material for his later years. The Rentale Sancti Andree (edited for the Scottish History Society by Robert Kerr Hannay) adds to our information, especially in economic affairs. Among manuscript authorities may be mentioned the Correspondence of Mary of Guise, preserved in the Register House; and the Formulare con tains a number of illustrative writs. The new matter available for this biography does not compel any serious departure from the general estimate in Cardinal Beaten, Priest and Poli tietan (john Herkless, As in the previous volumes, the modern style of dating the year from January 1 is adopted.
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