David Betoun of Creich

David Betoun of Creich (1466–1505) was a Scottish landowner and courtier.

His family home was Creich Castle. He was keeper of Falkland Palace.

The surnames are spelled variously as "Beaton", "Betoun", or "Bethune".

He was Treasurer of Scotland in the years 1500 and 1501. In December 1496 he and Sir David Arnot bought clothes in Edinburgh for Margaret Drummond, a mistress of James IV of Scotland, and were paid for their expenses.[1]

  1. ^ Thomas Dickson, Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. xxxii, 307.