James Hepburn (bishop)
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Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Diocese of Moray |
| In office | 1516–1524 |
| Predecessor | Andrew Forman |
| Successor | Robert Shaw |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1516 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Probably late 15th century Probably Whitsome, Berwickshire |
| Died | Early November 1524 Moray |
James Hepburn (died 1524) was a Scottish prelate and administrator. He was the son of Alexander Hepburn of Whitsome.[1] His name occurs as the rector of Dalry and king's clerk on 1 August 1511.[2] Hepburn was Treasurer of Scotland between from at least June 1515, until October the following year.[3] He also held the position of rector of Parton in the diocese of Galloway.[2]
He was elected
Hepburn had been granted the temporalities of the
Bull exempting him from the metropolitan and legatine jurisdiction of the Archbishop of St Andrews.[5] Although Archbishop Forman (d. 1521) had consented to this, his successor James Beaton resented it, and wrote to a senior Cardinal as a part of a wider attempt to have this reversed.[5]
Among other activities as during his short episcopate, Hepburn instituted the church of
Notes
References
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)