. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . of Glasgow, and when thelatter was translated to the primatial see in 1522, heresigned to his nephew the commendatory Abbacyof Arbroath, obtaining for him from Pope .4drian IVa dispensation from wearing the monastic returned from France in 1525, took his seatin Parliament as Abbot of Arbroath, and was sooncreated by the young king Lord Priv-y Seal, in suc-cession to Bishop Crichton of Dunkeld. Jamesdi-spatched him to Paris in , with S
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . of Glasgow, and when thelatter was translated to the primatial see in 1522, heresigned to his nephew the commendatory Abbacyof Arbroath, obtaining for him from Pope .4drian IVa dispensation from wearing the monastic returned from France in 1525, took his seatin Parliament as Abbot of Arbroath, and was sooncreated by the young king Lord Priv-y Seal, in suc-cession to Bishop Crichton of Dunkeld. Jamesdi-spatched him to Paris in , with Sir ThomasErskine, in order to renew the Scottish allianceMnth Francis I, and to negotiate for the marriage ofJames with Magdalen, only daughter of the Frenchking. Beaton was present at tlie marriage of theroyal pair at Notre-Dame on 1 Januarj^, 1537, andreturned with them to Scotland in May; but theyoung queen died of consumption two months next find Beaton on a mission in England, nego-tiating about certain difficulties which had arisenon the Border. The Queen-Mother (Margaret)wrote specially commending the .\bbot of Arbroatli. (Original to her brother, Henry VIII, mentioning that he wasgret ^yth the Kyng (of Scots). A few monthslater he was again in Paris, arranging for the mar-riage of his widowed king with Marj^ of Guise. Afterthe ceremony (by proxy) in the French capital,Beaton conducted the bride to Scotland, assistedat the solemniza-tion of the marri-age in St. An-drews Cathedral,and was after-wards sponsor(together with the.\rclibishop ofGlasgow) to thefirst child thatwas born of theunion. His eleva-tion to the epis-copate took placeduring thissecondembassy to theFrench Francisnominated him tothe Bishopric ofMirepoix (a stif-fragan see of Tou-louse, with anannual revenue of 10,000 li\Tes), and he received thepapal confirmation on 5 December, 1537. Twomonths later he assisted at the coronation of Jamesand Mary at HoljTOod, himself crowning the
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