Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . cly vowed revenge. Kirkaldyof Grange was roused to resentment because his father had beendenuded of the Office of Treasurer in the late Kings had also a dispute with the Cardinal about lands, forwhich he bore him mortal hate. The rest concerned were theminions of these gentlemen. The circumstances of the Cardinals Death have been gener- CAEDINAL DAVID BEATON. 273 ally unanimously reported, but variously censured, according tothe sentiments of those by whom they are recorded. On theevening of the 28th May, Norman Leslie came, with only fi
Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . cly vowed revenge. Kirkaldyof Grange was roused to resentment because his father had beendenuded of the Office of Treasurer in the late Kings had also a dispute with the Cardinal about lands, forwhich he bore him mortal hate. The rest concerned were theminions of these gentlemen. The circumstances of the Cardinals Death have been gener- CAEDINAL DAVID BEATON. 273 ally unanimously reported, but variously censured, according tothe sentiments of those by whom they are recorded. On theevening of the 28th May, Norman Leslie came, with only fivefollowers, to St. Andrews, and rode, without exciting suspicion,to his usual inn. William Kirkaldy of Grange was there already,and they were soon joined by John Leslie, who took the precau-tion of entering the Town after nightfall, as his appearance, fromhis known enmity to Beaton, might have raised alarm. Nextmorning at daybreak, the conspirators (sixteen in all) assembledin knots in the vicinity of the Castle; and the Porter having. EPISCOPAL PALACE OR CASTLE.(The lower window of the Tower is said to be that from which the Cardinal viewed the Burning of Wishart.) lowered the drawbridge to admit the masons employed in thenew works, Norman Leslie, and three men with him, passed thegates, and inquired if the Cardinal was yet awake. This wasdone without suspicion; and as they were occupied in conversa-tion, James Melville, Kirkaldy of Grange, and their followers,entered unnoticed; but on perceiving John Leslie, who followed,the Porter instantly suspected treason, and, springing to thedrawbridge, had unloosed its iron fastening, when the conspiratorLeslie anticipated his purpose by leaping across the gap. To VOL. I. 2m 274 ARCHBISHOPS OF THE SEE OF ST. ANDREWS. despatch him with their daggers, cast the body into the fosse,and seize the keys of the Castle, employed but a few minutes;and all was done with such silence as well as rapidity, that noalarm had been given. With equal qu
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