William (bishop of Dunblane)
William | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
See | Diocese of Dunblane |
In office | 1284–1291 × 1296 |
Predecessor | Robert de Prebenda |
Successor | Alpín |
Orders | |
Consecration | 18 December 1284 |
Personal details | |
Born | Probably early to mid-1200s unknown |
Died | 1291 × 1296 unknown |
Previous post(s) | Abbot of Arbroath |
William
William was abbot until 1284, when he was elected to be
During William's time as Bishop of Dunblane, a conflict of patronage arouse with
In 1291, Pope Nicholas IV granted William permission to take oaths from everyone in his diocese regarding the property belonging to churches. Movable and unmovable goods, altars, lands, etc., were all valued, in order to facilitate the repayment of debts owed to the church; particularly in relation to unpaid funeral charges.[5] The Pope also ordered Bishop William to ensure that his own property was left to the church; the former complained of the "evil custom" whereby the Earls of Strathearn would take the property of all deceased bishops.[5]
William's episcopate was contemporaneous with the onset on the
Notes
- ^ a b Watt, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 4.
- ^ Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100; Watt, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 4.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, pp. 82, 95.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 82; Dowden, Bishops, p. 199; Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100.
- ^ a b c d For all this, see Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 83.
- ^ Cockburn, Medieval Bishops, p. 83; Dowden, Bishops, pp. 199-200.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops, p. 200.
- ^ Watt & Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100.
References
- Cockburn, James Hutchison(1959), The Medieval Bishops of Dunblane and their Church, Dunblane: Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral
- Dowden, John (1912), Thomson, John Maitland (ed.), The Bishops of Scotland : Being Notes on the Lives of All the Bishops, under Each of the Sees, Prior to the Reformation, Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons
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