Dúghall of Lorne
Dúghall of Lorne | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
See | Diocese of Dunblane |
In office | 1380–1403 |
Predecessor | Andrew Magnus |
Successor | Fionnlagh MacCailein |
Orders | |
Consecration | 12 September 1380 × 13 February 1381 |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown (?) |
Died | 1403 |
Dúghall of Lorne [or de Ergadia] (died 1403) was a late 14th century and early 15th century
Biography
Background and early career
Dúghall was from the diocese of Argyll.[1] His surname is given variously as de Lorne (of Lorne) or as de Ergadia (of Argyll), the surnames used by the higher-ranking members of the MacDúghaill kindred and the old lords of Argyll; he was certainly a kinsman of John Gallda, the MacDúghaill Lord of Argyll who died sometime between 1371 and 1388.[1] He was misidentified in Wood's Peerage (and those using that work thereafter) as a son of Sir John Drummond of Stobhall, the ballie of the abthen of Dull; this would have made him a brother of Anabella Drummond, wife and queen to King Robert III of Scotland.[2] He is styled Petri in a few sources, meaning perhaps that his father's name was Peadar (or Peter), though this is far from certain as that name was unusual at the time anywhere in Scotland.[1]
On 30 March 1364 Dúghall was granted a
The papal bull confirming the erection of this new prebend did not come however until 5 May that year, shortly before Dúghall became bishop of the neighbouring
Bishop of Dunblane
On 12 September 1380, while still at Avignon, he was provided by
Thereafter notice of Bishop Dúghall in the surviving sources is limited. He is next found on 1 October 1392 witnessing two charters of
The last ever notice of Dúghall occurs in a charter of the lord of Byres, wherein Dúghall appears along with the Duke of Albany and Walter Trail, Bishop of St Andrews; the charter can be dated between 1398 (creation of the Duchy of Albany) and 1401 (the death of Walter Trail).[10] It is not known for certain that he is dead until 10 September 1403, when his successor Fionnlagh MacCailein was provided as the new Bishop of Dunblane.[13] It is likely his death occurred not long before the last date.[10] A papal letter of 27 April 1413 claimed that he had granted a dispensation in order to allow Elizabeth de Danielston to marry Robert de Maxwell.[14] There are indications that Bishop Dúghall may have increased the number of canons at Dunblane Cathedral, but this is very far from certain.[15]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Watt, Dictionary, p. 359.
- ^ See Dowden, Bishops, p. 205, n. 1; Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, pp. 114–5, repeats this mistake.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 115; Watt, Dictionary, p. 359.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 45; Watt, Dictionary, p. 359.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 45–6; Watt, Dictionary, p. 359.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 45.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 49; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 101; Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 114, mistakenly says 20 September.
- ^ Watt, Dictionary, pp. 359–60; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclessiae, p. 101; for 11 October, see papal mandate addressed to the Abbot of Cambuskenneth, the Archdeacon of Dunkeld and the Official of the diocese of St Andrews, Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 49–50.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 205; Watt, Dictionary, p. 360.
- ^ a b c d Watt, Dictionary, p. 360.
- ^ McGurk (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 29.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 46–7.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 107; Watt, Dictionary, p. 360; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 102.
- ^ Burns (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 270–1.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 117.
References
- Burns, Charles (ed.), Papal Letters to Scotland of Clement VII of Avignon, 1378—1394, (Edinburgh, 1976)
- Cockburn, James Hutchison, The Medieval Bishops of Dunblane and Their Church, (Edinburgh, 1959)
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- McGurk, Francis (ed.), Calendar of Papal Letters to Scotland of Benedict XIII of Avignon, 1394-1419, (Edinburgh, 1976)
- Watt, D. E. R., A Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A. D. 1410, (Oxford, 1977)
- Watt, D. E. R., & Murray, A. L., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, Revised Edition, (Edinburgh, 2003)