Walter Wardlaw
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Walter Wardlaw | |
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| Born | c. 1317 |
| Died | 1387 (aged (c. 70) |
| Previous post(s) | Archdeacon of Lothian (1357 x 1359-1367) Archdeacon of Dunkeld (1349) Canon of Glasgow Rector of Erol |
Walter Wardlaw (died c. 1387) was a 14th-century
bishop of Glasgow in Scotland
.
Biography
Wardlaw was the son of a Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torry, a middling knight of
diocese of St Andrews. Yet a petition of 1349 to the papacy has Walter requesting the church of "Dunenach" in the diocese of Aberdeen. By 1359, he is rector of Erol and archdeacon of Lothian.[1]
After the death on 27 January 1367 of
Bishop of St Andrews
, was Walter's nephew. Henry was one of three nephews to whom Walter offered patronage and assistance gaining benefices.
Wardlaw probably died in September 1387.
References
- ^ "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 23, 1383". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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