Thomas Hay (bishop)
Thomas William Hay | |
|---|---|
John Guthrie | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown unknown |
| Died | 1488 × 1492 ? |
Thomas Hay was a 15th-century
It was Bishop Hay who, on 12 September 1487, with the consent of the
St Duthac at Tain into a collegiate church, "for the increase of the divine worship of the chapel or collegiate church of the blessed confessor Duthac of Tain".[3]
The new church consisted of and was to support one provost, two
choristers; the five prebendary canonries were to be Cambuscurry, Dunskeath, Morangie, Newmore and Tarlogie.[4] The erection was confirmed under the Great Seal of Scotland on 3 December, and was confirmed by Pope Innocent VIII in 1492.[5]
Bishop Hay was at parliament on 11 January 1488, his last appearance in any contemporary sources.John Guthrie as his successor; it is unclear if Bishop Hay died, or if he resigned, or if got demoted, though death is the most likely.[7]
Notes
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 221; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 269.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 222.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 222; Cowan & Easson, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 228, where quote can be found.
- ^ Cowan & Easson, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 228; Dowden, Bishops, p. 222, n. 2.
- ^ Cowan & Easson, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 228.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 222; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 269.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 269.
References
- Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976)
- 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 Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)