Robert Blackadder
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Bishop of Glasgow (1483–92) Bishop-elect of Aberdeen (1480–83) Abbot of Melrose (1471–83) Rector of Lasswade |
Robert Blackadder (died 28 July 1508) was a
Education and early career
Robert was the younger brother of
He was elected as bishop of Aberdeen sometime in 1480. The exact date of Robert's election to Aberdeen is uncertain but at a meeting of the Lords of Council which took place between 12 and 23 June he is named "Robert, bishop of Aberdeen". He does not seem to have been consecrated to the Aberdeen see before 19 March 1483, when he was translated to the then-vacant bishopric of Glasgow. Blackadder traveled to Rome to receive consecration at the hands of Pope Sixtus IV. The consecration happened sometime in either May or June. By 20 November he is back in Scotland witnessing a royal charter at Edinburgh. Blackadder's trip to Italy had cost him a lot of money and he fell heavily into debt. On 31 March 1487 a papal bull was issued by Pope Innocent VIII granting Blackadder half of the diocese's benefices and ordering Blackadder's subordinates to pay a "benevolence", i.e. a tax, to pay back the debt.
Bishop to Archbishop
During Blackadder's reign as bishop of Glasgow, the bishopric was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 1492.
Twenty years earlier, in 1472, a papal bull of Sixtus IV elevated the
Diplomatic missions
Archbishop Robert was one of the leading figures of the regime of King James IV. Robert was involved in a number on embassies of James' behalf, including embassies to England, France, Italy, and Spain. In September 1491 he went to France with Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and the Dean of Glasgow to renew the Auld Alliance.[3] He then traveled on to the Court of the
Notes
- ^ Campbell, William M. (1944). "The first Archbishop of Glasgow; Part I". Scottish Church History Society: 55–74. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Campbell, William M. (1944). "The first Archbishop of Glasgow; Part II". Scottish Church History Society: 135–150. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Henderson 1886.
- ^ Calendar State Papers Milan, vol. 1 (1912), 279–283.
References
- Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Fawcett, Richard, & Oram, Richard, Melrose Abbey, (Stroud, 2004)
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