The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . lames. The instructions to Hertford reveal not only thebitterness of Henrys feeling towards the Scots, butalso his especial detestation of Cardinal Beaton, whowas the chief opponent of his policy. Numerousplots existed against the Cardinals life. Henryencouraged them, and in effect offered a reward toany one who would rid him of his enemy. And ifthe execution of this matter, wrote Sir Ralph Sadlerto the Laird of Brunston, doth rest only upon thereward of the kings majesty to such as shall be theexecutors of the same, I p
The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . lames. The instructions to Hertford reveal not only thebitterness of Henrys feeling towards the Scots, butalso his especial detestation of Cardinal Beaton, whowas the chief opponent of his policy. Numerousplots existed against the Cardinals life. Henryencouraged them, and in effect offered a reward toany one who would rid him of his enemy. And ifthe execution of this matter, wrote Sir Ralph Sadlerto the Laird of Brunston, doth rest only upon thereward of the kings majesty to such as shall be theexecutors of the same, I pray you advertise me whatreward they do require, and if it be not unreasonable,because I have been in your country, for the Christianzeal that I bear to the common weal of the same, Iwill undertake it shall be paid immediately upon theact executed, though I do myself bear the charge ofthe same, which I would think well employed. Meanwhile the persecution of those who hadaccepted the reformed doctrines, which were graduallyspreading among the people, was undertaken with. CARDINAI, BEATON. {From a print in the British Museiun.) I20 THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND. increased vigour. The Cardinal held a court atPerth in January, 1544, and many persons weresummoned and accused of heresy. A number of!them were banished ; but four men, James Hunter, aflesher ; William Anderson, a maltman ; James Randl-son, a skinner ; Robert Lamb, a burgess of Perth, andhis wife—were all condemned to death. The menwere hanged ; but the helpless woman, who had aninfant at her breast, was drowned. She gave herinfant to the attendants, her hands and feet werebound, and she was thrown into a pool of water. George Wishart, a popular reformed preacher,returned to Scotland in the end of 1544. He wassupported by the Earls of CassilHs and Glencairn, theLairds of Brunston, Ormiston, and Calder, who weredeeply in league with Henry VHL, and were plottingthe murder of Cardinal Beaton ; but the evidence isnot conclus
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