Simon de Wedale
Simon de Wedale | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Diocese of Galloway |
| In office | 1326–1355 |
| Predecessor | Thomas de Kirkcudbright |
| Successor | Michael MacKenlagh |
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| Consecration | 1 February 1327 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown Probably southern Scotland (Stow of Wedale?) |
| Died | 11 March 1355 |
| Previous post(s) | Abbot of Holyrood |
Simon de Wedale was a 14th-century
On 23 September of this year Simon was elected to succeed the recently deceased Thomas de Kirkcudbright as Bishop of Galloway.[3] This election was confirmed by Galloway's metropolitan the Archbishop of York on 16 December, allowing Simon to receive consecration, which was conducted at Westminster by the bishops of Lichfield, Carlisle, and Llandaff on 1 February 1327; Simon made his profession of obedience to the Archbishop of York at Tottenham on 8 February.[4]
Little is known of his 19-year episcopate. He granted the
An excavation of Whithorn Priory during 1957-67 uncovered the remains of various senior ecclesiastical figures whose identities were not known at the time. Research funded by Historic Scotland in 2007 led to the identification of six bishops from the bones and artefacts in the graves, Bishop Simon amongst them. The techniques employed allowed the researchers to conclude that all the clerics enjoyed a diet of quality meat and fish and probably came from southern Scotland or Cumbria. The grave identified as Simon's also contained a gilded and enamelled crozier dating from 1175, silver altar vessels, brocade threads and gilded sequins from a headdress.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 93.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 130; Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 93.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 360; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 130.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, pp. 360–1; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 130.
- ^ a b Dowden, Bishops, p. 361, n. 1.
- ^ a b c Dowden, Bishops, p. 361.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 361, n. 1, citing "Holyrood, 96".
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 361; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 130.
- ^ McGinty, Stephen "Bishops' lives unmasked as science peels back 600 years". The Scotsman. (Edinburgh, 17 December 2007)
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 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)
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