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Biography of David Lyndsay, Sir
Name: David Lyndsay, Sir
Birth Date: c. 1485
Death Date: 1555
Place of Birth: N/A
Nationality: Scottish
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet, courtier
David Lyndsay, Sir
The Scottish poet and courtier Sir David Lyndsay (ca. 1485-1555) was probably the best-known Scottish poet from his death until the mid-18th century. He was widely credited with effecting the reformation of the Scottish Church.David Lyndsay was the eldest son of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, a Scottish nobleman. Nothing is known of his youth, although his poetry suggests that he had a sound formal education. He first appears in court records as a participant in a play performed in 1511. In 1512 he was appointed "usher," or personal attendant, to the infant prince, who would become King James V. He later reminded the King in one of his poems of how he cared for him, played the lute for him, told him stories, and entertained him. In 1522 Lyndsay married Janet Douglas, a royal seamstress.In 1524 young James fell under the control of the Queen Mother and the Douglases, and …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…in different form in the satirical poem "The Justing betwix James Watsoun and Jhone Barbour."It is difficult to estimate Lyndsay's exact position with reference to the Church. He is said to have encouraged John Knox, but he can hardly be called a follower of Knox. His last work, The Monarchie, completed about 1553, is a poem of religious instruction. In it he recommends that the Bible be read in the language of the people and that ordinary prayers also be conducted in that language. Further Reading A good account of Lyndsay's life and work is by William Murison, Sir David Lyndsay: Poet and Satirist of the Old Church in Scotland (1938). A biography of Lyndsay appears in Henry Morley, English Writers (11 vols., 1887-1895), and a brief scholarly study of his work in James Kinsley, ed., Scottish Poetry: A Critical Survey (1955), Kurt Wittig, The Scottish Tradition in Literature (1958), contains a chapter on Lyndsay.
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