Robert de Fyvie
Robert de Fyvie | |
|---|---|
Matthew | |
| Successor | Adam de Darlington / Thomas de Dundee |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 8 April 1275 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown unknown |
| Died | 17 November 1292 × 18 November 1295 |
| Previous post(s) | Archdeacon of Ross (1249 × 1269–1275) |
Robert de Fyvie [also de Fyvin] (d. 1292 × 1295) was a prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland in the last quarter of the 13th century. Perhaps coming from Fyvie in Formartine, from a family of Teesdale origin, Robert was Archdeacon of Ross and a student at the University of Bologna by 1269. In 1275, he was not only a graduate but the new Bishop of Ross, a post he held until his death in the first half of the 1290s.
Early life and career
There has been confusion over his name in some sources. Papal sources use S instead of F, Syvin instead of Fyvin, while Scottish sources use the F;
He is found as a student at the
It is extremely probable that his accession to the archdeaconry owed something to Comyn influence, Fyvie being from Comyn's area of influence and
Bishop of Ross
Robert de Fyvie was back in Scotland when, on 8 April 1275,
Bishop Robert appeared next on 16 September 1278, at Eddyrdor (now
However, five years later the bishop found himself in trouble with the papacy. On 28 November 1290, Pope Nicholas IV commanded the Bishop of Aberdeen, Henry le Chen, Thomas de Balmerino, Abbot of Scone, and John de Haddington, Prior of St Andrews, to ensure that certain complaints regarding Bishop Robert were redressed; Bishop Robert's dean and cathedral chapter were unhappy regarding his alleged abuse of property, particularly the granting of money and benefices to his kinsmen and friends at the expense of the clergy of the diocese.[10] Men who benefited under Robert's episcopate included a large number of Englishmen from the area around the River Tees, including Adam de Darlington, Thomas de Jar and John de Hedlam, perhaps indicating that Robert's family may have taken its ultimate origin from that area of England.[2]
Bishop Robert was one of the Scottish political figures present when the
The bishop cannot be found in the records after 17 November, though no successor to the bishopric is known until 18 November 1295, making Bishop Robert's date and year of death something of a mystery.[14]
Notes
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 213; Keith, Historical Catalogue, p. 187; Watt, Dictionary, p. 208.
- ^ a b c d e Watt, Dictionary, p. 208.
- ^ Watt, Dictionary, p. 208; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 285.
- ^ Watt, Dictionary, p. 208; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 267, 285.
- ^ Reid & Barrow, Sheriffs of Scotland, p. 10; Watt, Dictionary, p. 208.
- ^ Watt, Dictionary, pp. 208, 385.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 267.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 213.
- ^ a b Watt, Dictionary, p. 208; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 285.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 213; Watt, Dictionary, p. 208.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 213; Watt, Dictionary, pp. 208–9.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 213; Watt, Dictionary, p. 209.
- ^ Watt, Dictionary, p. 209.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 213; Watt, Dictionary, p. 209; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 267.
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)
- Reid, N. H., & Barrow, G. W. S., The Sheriffs of Scotland: An Interim List to C.1306, (St. Andrews, 2002)
- Watt, D. E. R., A Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A. D. 1410, (Oxford, 1977)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)