Thomas Lyell
Thomas Lyell | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ross | |
| Church | 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[orLyel] was aScottishclergymanassociated with thediocese of Rossin the late 14th century and early 15th century. After William de Tarbat,Subdeanof Ross, was electedDeanof 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 theBishop of Ross,Alexander de Kylwos.[2]
After the death ofAlexander de Waghorn,Bishop of Ross,thecathedral chapterelected Lyell as Waghorn's successor.[3]Lyell was at this stage holding an unnamedcanonryandprebendin thediocese of Ross,theparish churchofKinnellinAngusin thediocese of St Andrewsand the chaplaincy ofKirriemuir,also in Angus in that diocese.[4]His election was overturned byPope Benedict XIIIon the grounds that he had previously reserved the see for his own appointment; on 9 March 1418, he providedJohn Bullockinstead.[5]
On 16 March, Benedict issued a mandate to theAbbot of Arbroathto pay Lyell 40 gold crowns in compensation for the expenditure that Thomas Lyell had undertaken in order to follow up his failed election, which had involved him travelling to the papal curia atPeñíscolainSpain.[6]Two days later Benedict granted Thomas a canonry with expectation of a prebend in thediocese 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 thediocese of Brechinbecause he was a "schismatic and adherent ofOddo Colonnacalling himselfMartin 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
[edit]- ^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
[edit]- 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)