# David Panter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Panter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Panter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Panter > Source revision: 1353947633 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish diplomat, clerk and bishop of Ross}} {{distinguish|David Painter (disambiguation){{!}}David Painter|David Paynter (disambiguation){{!}}David Paynter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = David Panter | title = [Bishop of Ross](/source/Bishop_of_Ross_(Scotland)) | image = | alt = | caption = | church = [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = [Diocese of Ross](/source/Diocese_of_Ross_(Scotland)) | term = 1545–1558 | predecessor = [Robert Cairncross](/source/Robert_Cairncross) | successor = [Henry Sinclair](/source/Henry_Sinclair_(bishop)) | ordination = | ordinated_by = | consecration = 1552 | consecrated_by = | rank = | birth_date = unknown | birth_place = unknown | death_date = 1 October 1558 | death_place = [Stirling](/source/Stirling), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) | previous_post = [Coadjutor](/source/Coadjutor) of [Cambuskenneth](/source/Cambuskenneth_Abbey) (1534–1549)
[Commendator of St Mary's Isle](/source/Commendator_of_St_Mary's_Isle) (1536–1547)
[Commendator of Cambuskenneth](/source/Commendator_of_Cambuskenneth) (1549–1558) }} '''David Panter''' (also written '''Paniter''', or '''Painter''' (died 1 October 1558) was a [Scottish](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland) [diplomat](/source/diplomat), [clerk](/source/clerk_(position)), and [bishop of Ross](/source/Bishop_of_Ross_(Scotland)). == Family background == He was the illegitimate son of [Patrick Panter](/source/Patrick_Panter), [secretary](/source/secretary) to [James IV](/source/James_IV_of_Scotland); his mother was Margaret Crichton, illegitimate daughter of [William Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton](/source/William_Crichton%2C_3rd_Lord_Crichton) and widow [countess of Rothes](/source/Earl_of_Rothes).Gould, "Panter, David (d. 1558)", contradicting the earlier ''Dictionary of National Biography'' article by G. G. Smith, "[Panter, David (d 1558), bishop of Ross](/source/s%3APanter%2C_David_(DNB00))", which stated he was the "son of David Panter, who was brother of Patrick Panter [q.v.] . His mother was Margaret Crichtoun ...". 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](/source/University_of_St._Andrews). == Career == On 8 April 1536, he received crown nomination to the papacy for provision to become [commendator St Mary's Isle](/source/commendator_St_Mary's_Isle) in [Galloway](/source/Galloway); in 1549 he became successor to [Alexander Mylne](/source/Alexander_Mylne) as [commendator of the abbey of Cambuskenneth](/source/Commendator_of_Cambuskenneth), for which he had been [coadjutor](/source/coadjutor) (designated successor) since 7 August 1534.Gould, "Panter, David (d. 1558)"; Watt & Shead, ''Heads'', pp. 27, 196. On 23 December 1545, he obtained a crown provision to the [abbey of Fearn](/source/Fearn_Abbey), though that was unsuccessful.Watt & Shead, ''Heads'', p. 82. Employed by [Mary of Guise](/source/Mary_of_Guise), he was in [France](/source/France) 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](/source/John_Hamilton_(archbishop)), [abbot of Paisley](/source/abbot_of_Paisley), in time to assist [Cardinal Beaton](/source/Cardinal_Beaton)'s opposition to the English matrimonial schemes of the English court. In 1543 he became secretary to [James V](/source/James_V_of_Scotland). The letters of the English ambassadors, preserved in Sadler's ''Papers'', and [George Buchanan](/source/George_Buchanan)'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](/source/Knights_of_the_Golden_Fleece) to the [Emperor Charles V](/source/Emperor_Charles_V). In 1545 he became bishop of Ross, and in May of that year was sent on a mission to the [king of France](/source/king_of_France), the [Emperor](/source/Holy_Roman_emperor), and [Mary of Hungary](/source/Mary_of_Habsburg). He was abroad for seven years.David Caldwell, Vicky Oleksy, Bess Rhodes, ''The Battle of Pinkie, 1547'' (Oxbow, 2023), pp. 237–238. On his return, in 1552, he received consecration to his [bishopric](/source/Diocese) at [Jedburgh](/source/Jedburgh), before a brilliant assembly of the Scottish nobles. He died, according to [Holinshed](/source/Holinshed), at [Stirling](/source/Stirling) on 1 October 1558, and was succeeded in the bishopric by [Henry Sinclair](/source/Henry_Sinclair_(bishop)). On 1 October 1558, Mary of Guise sent the [Dingwall Pursuivant](/source/Dingwall_Pursuivant) to Cambuskenneth to seize his belongings. His goods were forfeit to the crown on account of his illegitimacy.''Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland'', vol. 10 (Edinburgh: 1913), 395. == References == * [Dowden, John](/source/John_Dowden), ''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, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21233 , retrieved 6 Oct 2007] * Smith, G. G., {{DNB Cite|wstitle=Panter, David}}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.](/source/D._E._R._Watt), ''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) ==Notes== {{reflist}} ;Attribution {{DNB|wstitle=Panter, David}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel}} {{succession box | before = John Douglas | title = [Commendator of St Mary's Isle](/source/Commendator_of_St_Mary's_Isle) | years = 1536–1547 | after = Robert Stirling }} {{succession box | before = [Alexander Mylne](/source/Alexander_Mylne) | title = [Commendator of Cambuskenneth](/source/Commendator_of_Cambuskenneth) | years= 1549–1558 | after = Not known
next known commendator:
Adam Erskine }} {{succession box | before = [Robert Cairncross](/source/Robert_Cairncross) | title = [Bishop of Ross](/source/Bishop_of_Ross_(Scotland)) | years = 1450–1458 | after = [Henry Sinclair](/source/Henry_Sinclair_(bishop)) }} {{s-end}} {{Bishops of Ross}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Panter, David}} Category:1558 deaths Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews Category:Bishops of Ross (Scotland) Category:Scottish abbots Category:Scottish diplomats Category:Scottish priors Category:16th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Category:Members of the Privy Council of Scotland Category:Year of birth unknown Category:16th-century diplomats --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Panter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Panter) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Panter?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.