Walter Capellanus
Walter Capellanus | |
|---|---|
Bishop of Glasgow | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Glasgow |
| Appointed | 7 December 1207 |
| Term ended | 1232 |
| Predecessor | Florence of Holland |
| Successor | William de Bondington |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 2 November 1208 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1232 |
Walter Capellanus was an important
William the Lion and Alexander II
.
Walter was
canon of Glasgow, a Master William, told the papacy that Walter's election was uncanonical, and that when he was chaplain to the king, he had given the royal Chamberlain Philip de Valognes 100 merks and a promise to pay the Queen, Ermengarde de Beaumont, even more in exchange for the bishopric of Glasgow. Furthermore, Walter was accused of nepotism and maintaining an immoral household. The Pope commissioned one of his legates, Pandulf Verraccio, Bishop-elect of Norwich
, to investigate. Nothing more is heard of the case.
Walter died sometime in the year 1232, sometime after 19 May when he granted a charter to Kelso Abbey.
References
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)