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Bishops of Scotland is in Scotland Lords Spiritual.
Around January 1547 William Gordon Bishop Aberdeen was consecrated as Bishop Aberdeen.
In 1497 David Hamilton Bishop Argyll was appointed Bishop Argyll.
John Hepburn Bishop Brechin was appointed Bishop Brechin.
On 14th December 1517 Andrew Stewart Bishop Caithness was appointed Bishop Caithness.
In 1510 George Hepburn Bishop Isles (age 56) was appointed Bishop Isles.
In 1288 Bishop Matthew de Crambeth was consecrated Bishop of Dunkeld.
Bishop Gavin Douglas was appointed Bishop of Dunkeld.
On 29th January 1273 Bishop Robert Wishart was consecrated Bishop of Glasgow.
Bishop Floris Gerulfing was appointed Bishop of Glasgow.
On 28th June 1299 Bishop David de Moravia was consecrated Bishop of Moray at Anagni by Matthew of Aquasparta, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto.
In 1482 Bishop Andrew Stewart (age 39) was appointed Bishop of Moray.
On 26th November 1501 Bishop Andrew Forman (age 36) was appointed Bishop of Moray.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th August 1279 Bishop William Fraser was elected Bishop of St Andrews.
In 1297 Bishop William de Lamberton was consecrated Bishop of St Andrews.
On 25th March 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 31) was crowned King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map] by Bishop of St Andrews and Bishop Robert Wishart. Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) was crowned Queen Consort Scotland. Christopher Seton (age 28) and Bishop David de Moravia were present. He was wearing royal robes and vestments previously hidden from the English by Bishop Robert Wishart.
The following day, 28th March 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland was crowned by Isabella Countess Buchan whose family held the hereditary right to place the crown on the King's head; she had arrived too late for the coronation the day before. The right was held by her brother Duncan Fife 4th Earl Fife (age 18) who was under-age and held by the English so she assumed the right in his place.
On 30th April 1388 Archbishop Alexander Neville (age 47) was translated to Bishop of St Andrews. He never took possession of the see because the Scots acknowledged the Avignon papacy with their own candidate, Bishop Walter Trail.
Bishop Roger Beaumont was appointed Bishop of St Andrews.
Bishop Walter Trail was appointed Bishop of St Andrews.