Excerpt from The Lord Chancellors of Scotland, Vol. 2: From the Institution of the Office to the Treaty of Union Francis I. This mission was successful, and the marriage took place on Ist January 1537. Beton was afterwards regarded with favour by the King of France for his pleasing manners, and was naturalised there, and consecrated to the bishopric of Mirepoix in December 1537. On account of the premature death of the young Queen Magdalene the following year, Beton was sent on a second embassy to the French Court, accompanied by Lord Maxwell and the Master of Glencairn, when they concluded the espousal Of Mary of Guise to James V. This second marriage of King James was celebrated in the Cathedral Church Of St. Andrews at the end of June 1538, James Beton, the Archbishop, officiating. In the beginning Of I 538 his outstanding ability and political influence and a strong recommendation by the French King induced Pope Paul III. To promote David Beton to the dignity of Cardinal. He became colleague to his uncle, the Archbishop Of St. Andrews. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.