John Woodman
John Woodman | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Diocese of Ross |
| In office | 1476–1480 × 1481 |
| Predecessor | Henry Cockburn |
| Successor | William Elphinstone |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | unknown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown unknown |
| Died | Before 3 August 1481 |
| Previous post(s) | Abbot of Jedburgh (1468–1478) |
John Woodman [Wodman] (d. 1480 × 1481) was a 15th-century churchman based in the
Patrick Graham, desired the position for himself.[1] Woodman had lost litigation for this post to Monypenny by 17 September 1466, and possession to the bishop, though Woodman was still claiming this priory as late as 1477 when he became Bishop of Ross.[2]
Some time after November 1465, he was collated as
Bishop of Glasgow to try to imposed Robert Turnbull as abbot, but it was Woodman who secured papal provision.[5]
Woodman was provided to the
suffragan, though this may be doubtful.[7] We have no knowledge of his consecration, and his successor William Elphinstone was provided to the (now vacant) bishopric of Ross on 3 August 1481 following the death of Woodman, though it is not possible to date Woodman's death more narrowly than either 1480 or 1481.[7]
Notes
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 146.
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, pp. 146–7.
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 184.
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, pp. 119, 184.
- ^ Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 119.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 220; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 269.
- ^ a b c Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 269.
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, 1824)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
- Watt, D. E. R. & Shead, N. F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001)\