David Panter lso written Painter, or Paniter(died 1 October 1558),

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and bishop of Ross, was the illegitimate son of Patrick Paniter,

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to James IV; his mother was Margaret Crichton, illegitimate daughter of William Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton and widow countess of Rothes. He and his sister were legitimised on 13 August 1513.Gould, "Panter, David (d. 1558)". He was a university graduate, probably at the University of St. Andrews. On 8 April 1536, he received crown nomination to the papacy for provision to become

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; in 1549 he became successor to

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as commendator of the abbey of Cambuskenneth, for which he had been coadjutor (designated successor) since 7 August 1534. On 23 December 1545, he obtained a crown provision to the abbey of Fearn, though that was unsuccessful. Employed by

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, he was in

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in February 1542 on some unknown errand, and on 31 March 1544, was sent thither with Sir John Campbell of Lundie on a mission to the French king. He returned in June with John Hamilton,

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, in time to assist

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. The letters of the English ambassadors, preserved in Sadler's ''Papers'', and

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's bitter criticism testify to the strength of his influence on behalf of France. In December he was ordered by the governor to deliver back, according to custom, the badge of knighthood of the Golden Fleece to the

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. In 1545 he became bishop of Ross, and in May of that year was sent on a mission to the

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, and Mary of Hungary. He was abroad for seven years. On his return, in 1552, he received consecration to his

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, before a brilliant assembly of the Scottish nobles. He died, according to Holinshed, at

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on 1 October 1558, and was succeeded in the bishopric by Henry Sinclair. On 1 October 1558, Mary of Guise sent the Dingwall Pursuivant to Cambuskenneth to seize his belongings. His goods were forfeit to the crown on account of his illegitimacy.

References

* Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) * Gould, J. A., "Panter, David (d. 1558)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
, retrieved 6 Oct 2007
* Smith, G. G., Article cites: Lesley's History; Holinshed's Chronicles; Buchanan's History; Sadler Papers, i. 221 et seq.; Keith's Catalogue of Bishops. * 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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