Thomas Lyell
Thomas Lyell | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Diocese of Ross |
| In office | 1416 × 1418 (elect) |
| Predecessor | Alexander de Waghorn |
| Successor | John Bullock |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | none |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1372 unknown |
Thomas Lyell [or Lyel] was a
Dean of Ross, on 1 May 1395, Thomas was provided as William's successor.[1] Thomas however does not seem to have secured the position, losing out to John de Kylwos, a relative of the Bishop of Ross, Alexander de Kylwos.[2]
After the death of
Pope Benedict XIII on the grounds that he had previously reserved the see for his own appointment; on 9 March 1418, he provided John Bullock instead.[5]
On 16 March, Benedict issued a mandate to the
Peñíscola in Spain.[6] Two days later Benedict granted Thomas a canonry with expectation of a prebend in the diocese of Aberdeen, which he was allowed to hold alongside his other benefices.[7]
On 1 June, Benedict deprived one Thomas de Merton of his canonry and prebend in the
Oddo Colonna calling himself Martin V", charges which Lyell had made while at Benedict's court; in two mandates to the Abbot of Arbroath, the latter was instructed to give Merton's canonry and prebend to Lyell, which again Lyell was allowed to hold without giving up his other benefices.[8]
Notes
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 381; Watt gives William de Dingwall when he seems to mean William de Tarbat.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 381.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 268.
- ^ McGurk (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 371–2, 374–5
- ^ McGurk (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 368; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 268.
- ^ McGurk (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 371–2
- ^ McGurk (ed.), Papal Letters, p. 372
- ^ McGurk (ed.), Papal Letters, pp. 374–5.
References
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- McGurk, Francis (ed.), Calendar of Papal Letters to Scotland of Benedict XIII of Avignon, 1394–1419, (Edinburgh, 1976)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)