Oswald of Glenluce
Oswald, O. Cist. (died after 1417) was a
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Sometime after 18 April 1378, he was provided to the bishopric by Urban, and consecrated before 26 March 1379, when he received a safe-conduct from King Richard II of England to pass through England on business with Urban.[4] He was supported by Urban, but with the Kingdom of Scotland allied to Clement, Oswald had difficulties retaining possession of his see.[5] After Ingram de Ketenis rejected his own provision to the diocese by Clement, the Franciscan friar and staunch Clementine Thomas de Rossy became Oswald's rival.[6]
It is likely that Oswald had possession for a brief period, and while Oswald did appeal to Clement to uphold his election, he had lost the litigation with de Rossy by 21 October 1381.[5] The next years are unclear, but on 5 May 1388, Richard II issued Oswald "bishop of Galway" a safe-conduct into England because Oswald had to flee Galloway to preserve his life.[7]
Oswald spent the remainder of his days in England, acting as a suffragan of the Archbishop of York, carrying out various duties on his behalf; he is found as a suffragan of Cardinal Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham, in 1406 and in 1416.[8] While his death is unrecorded, he died sometime in 1417 or after, as the last notice of his existence occurs between September and December 1417.[5]
Notes
- ^ Watt, Dictionary, p. 58.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, pp. 364, 375-6; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 131.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 375; Donaldson, "Bishops and Priors", p. 141; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 131.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 375; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 131.
- ^ a b c Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 131.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 375; Watt, Dictionary, p. 472; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 131.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, pp. 374–5
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 376.
References
- Donaldson, Gordon, "The Bishops and Priors of Whithorn", in Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarians Society: Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, Third Series, vol. 27 (1950), pp. 127–54
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Watt, D. E. R., A Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A. D. 1410, (Oxford, 1977)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)