David Wood of Craig was a Scottish courtier and administrator
Wood was Master of the King's Larder for
James V of Scotland
James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of James IV of Sco ...
. He was promoted
Comptroller of Scotland The Comptroller of Scotland was a post in the pre-Union government of Scotland.
The Treasurer of Scotland, Treasurer and Comptroller had originated in 1425 when the Chamberlain of Scotland, Chamberlain's financial functions were transferred to them ...
from 1538 to 1543. The previous administration had displeased
James V
James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, and duri ...
. In November 1538, the English border official
Thomas Wharton heard that the secretary
Adam Otterburn
Adam Otterburn of Auldhame and Redhall (died 6 July 1548) was a Scottish lawyer and diplomat. He was king's advocate to James V of Scotland and secretary to Mary of Guise and Regent Arran.
The King's lawyer The law brought against the Douglas f ...
of
Auldhame
Auldhame and Scoughall are hamlets in East Lothian, Scotland. They are close to the town of North Berwick and the village of Whitekirk, and are approximately east of Edinburgh.
Saint Baldred's legacy
It is said that the 8th-century Christ ...
was imprisoned at
Dumbarton Castle
Dumbarton Castle ( gd, Dùn Breatainn, ; ) has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is high and overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton.
History
Dumba ...
for speaking with the banished Douglas family and the former comptroller,
James Colville was in prison for "his accomptes".
In 1543 Wood said of
Regent Arran
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state ''pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy, ...
that he spent more on his household than James V. He "haldis ane greit hous and is at mair (more) sumpteous expense nor (than) umquhile (the late) our said soverane lord held in his time".
Craig Castle is near
Montrose in Maryton parish. David Wood had a charter of the property from
David Beaton
David Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scotland, Scottish Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal prior to the Scottish Reformation, Reformation.
Career
Cardinal Beaton was the sixth and youngest ...
in 1535.
Marriage and family
His children included:
* Andrew Wood.
James Balfour Paul
Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.
Life
Paul was born in Edinburgh, the second son of the Rev J ...
, ''Accounts of the Treasurer'', vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1913), p. 7.
* Agnes Wood, who married John Carnegie of Colluthie (older brother of
David Carnegie of Colluthie
David Carnegie of Colluthie (1559–1598) was a Scottish landowner and administrator.
He was an auditor of the Scottish exchequer in 1595 and joined the government finance committee known as the Octavians in 1596.
David Carnegie was the younger ...
), their daughter married Patrick Kinnaird of that Ilk.
References
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16th-century Scottish people
Comptrollers of Scotland
Court of James V of Scotland
Monarchy and money