having conquered the Picts, translated the See from Abernethy, and called it the Church of St Andrew; and the Bishop thereof was styled Maximus Scotorum Episcopus. It was erected into an Archbishoprick. in 1470, by the Pope. This see contained the greatest part of the shire of Fife, with a part of Perth, Forfar, and Kincardineshires, and a great number of parishes, churches, and chapels, in other dioceses. Before the Reformation, here was a Prior and Canons, with a Dean, Archdeacon, Treasurer, and other dignitaries. A List of the BISHOPS of St ANDREW's, According to Sir R. Sibbald. Year. No. 872 877 904 1. Adrian. Killed by the Danes, and buried in the island of in 872. May, 2. Killach. 5. Malmore. 6. Malisius II. 7. Alwinus. 8. Malduin. Sat four years, Constantine III. being King. Sat eight years, Gregory the Great being King. 9. Tuthaldus. 954 10. Fothadus. Consecrated in 954. 11. Gregorius. Sat two years. 12. Turgot, Prior of Durham. Sat 25 or 26 years. 13. Godericus, who anointed King Edgar in 1093. He died in 1107. 1120 14. Fadmerus, a Monk of Canterbury. -22 15. Robert, Prior of Scoon. This Bishop founded the Priory of St Andrew's, and obtained lands and many privileges for it from King David I. -59 16. Walter, Abbot of Melross. Elected, but he could not be prevailed upon to accept. 17. Ernald, Abbot of Kelso. He was Legate in Scotland for Pope Eugenius III. He founded the cathedral church of St Andrews, but died soon after it was begun. -59 18. Richard, Chaplain to King Malcolm IV. -73 19. John Scot, Archdeacon of St Andrews A double elec- tion *. -88 20. Roger, (son to the Earl of Leicester, in England). Lord Chancellor. 1202. 21. William Malvoisine. Translated from Glasgow. Lord Chancellor. 33 22. David Benham, Great Chamberlain to the King. -53 23. Abel, Archdeacon of St Andrews. Much dispute arose on the death of Bishop Benham: The Prior and Canons elected one Robert Sitteville, Dean of Dunkeld; but the King not liking the choice, wanted they should proceed to a new election, which they refused to do. Abel found means, by bribes at the Court of Rome, to get himself chosen and consecrated by Pope Innocent IV. At this the King was much displeased; but afterwards forgave him. -55 24. Gameline, Archdeacon of St Andrews, Lord Chancellor. -72 25. William Wiseheart, Archdeacon of St Andrews. Lord Chancellor. -79 26. William Fraser, Dean of Glasgow, Lord Chancellor. -98 27. William Lamberton, Chancellor of the Diocese of Glasgow. He purchased from the Abbot and Monks of Reading, in Berkshire, the island of May, in the mouth of the Frith of Forth, which King David I. had given to them, and there built a cell for them. He built the Bishop's palace at St Andrew's, and finished the Cathedral. 1328 28. James Bennet, Archdeacon of St Andrews. -32 29. William Bell, Dean of Dunkeld. Elected; but the Pope refused to confirm him. The see vacant nine years. -41 30. William Landell, Rector of Kinkell. -85 31. Stephen de Pay, Prior of St Andrews. Taken prisoner at sea by the English, on his way to Rome. He died at Alnwick, soon after his election. John was elected Bishop, but the King opposed him, and caused his Charlain Hugh to be consecrated. John went to Rome to plead his cause; and the Pore (Alexander III.) was so convinced of the justness thereof, that he sent him home with a Nuncio, who made Matthew, Bishop of Aberdeen, consecrate him in the Abbey of Holyroodhouse. Still the King continued inflexible, and John went a second time to Rome, and continued seven years in voluntary banishment. The Pope was going to interdict the kingdom, but John prevailed with him to desist -The Bishoprick of Dunkeld falling vacant, the King was willing that John should have it, and he accepted of it. 1385 32. Walter Trail, Canon of St Andrews. Appointed by the Pope, without an election. He built the castle of St Andrews. He was a most excellent man, and universally esteemed. He was buried in the Cathedral, near to the high altar, with the following inscription: Hic fuit ecclesiæ directa columna, fenestra lucida, thuribulum redolens, campana sonora. 1401 33. Thomas Stewart, (son to King Robert II.) Archdeacon of St Andrews. 04 34. Gilbert Greenlaw, Bishop of Aberdeen, elected Lord Chancellor.. 35. Henry Wardlaw, Precentor of the See of Glasgow. Being at Avignon, was preferred to this See, instead of Gilbert, Bishop of Aberdeen, and consecrated there the same year. He first laid the foundation of the University of St. Andrews. 40 36. James Kennedy. Translated from Dunkeld. Lord Chancellor. He was a younger son of James Kennedy of Dunure, by the Lady Mary, Countess of Augus, daughter of King Robert III. A most worthy prelate, and true patriot. ARCHBISHOPS of St ANDREWS, 1406 37. Patrick Graham. Translated from Brechin. He was uterine brother to the foregoing Bishop, he being a son of the Lord Graham, third husband to the Lady Mary.— He took a journey to Rome, and procured this See to be made an Archbishopric in 1470, by Pope Paul II. who also made him his Legate for Scotland. His acceptance of this office brought upon him the King's displeasure, as he had done it without his consent or privity. The clergy, who were become abandoned and licentious to a high degree, dreaded his virtue and legantine powers to enforce a reformation of manners amongst them; all conspired to the ruin of the new Archbishop, who ended his days in Lochleven castle, of a broken heart. William Schives, Archdeacon of St Andrews. A most unworthy successor to so good a man. He was a great courtier, and one of the worthless favourites of that poor, weak, deluded monarch, King James III. -78 38. Year, No. 1497 39. James Stewart, Duke of Ross, (second son to King James III.) Lord Chancellor. He was an illustrious Prince, and a good Prelate. He died in 1503, and was buried in his Cathedral. The See vacant six years. 1509 40. Alexander Stewart (natural son of King James IV.). He was Legate à latere, but was killed along with his father at the battle of Floddon, in 1513. -14 41. Andrew Foreman. Translated from Moray. -22 42. James Bethune. Translated from Glasgow. Lord Chancellor. He laid the foundation of the Divinity College. -39 43. David Bethune, Abbot of Aberbrothock, nephew to the former Archbishop. He was, at different times, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Chancellor, and a Cardinal. He was made Bishop of Mirepoix, in France. He was invested with legantine powers, and had, in a great measure, the direction of all civil affairs in Scotland. He was a man of considerable abilities; but one of the worst of men, a proud, cruel, unrelenting tyrant. His oppressions drew on him a general hatred and detestation. He was murdered in the castle of St Andrews, on the 1st of February 1545, by Norman Leslie (son to the Earl of Rothes) and his associates. -46 44.. John Hamilton. Translated from Dunkeld. He was natural son of James, first Earl of Arran. He was in great favour at court, whilst his friends remained in power.He was one of Queen Mary's Privy Council, and a steady friend to that unfortunate Princess. He performed the ceremony of christening her son, and was at different times Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Treasurer. The Queen had reason to lament her not following the advice of this Prelate, after the fatal battle of Langside, viz. not to trust her person in England. By the Regent Earl of Murray he was declared a traitor, and obliged to seek shelter among his friends. He was unfortunately in the castle of Dunbarton when that fortress was taken by surprize, from whence he was carried to Stirling, where, on April 1. 1570, he was hanged on a live tree. The two following sarcastic lines were wrote upon this occasion: Vive diu, felix arbor, semperque vireto After After the death of Archbishop Hamilton, the revenues of this See were by the Regent conferred upon the Earl of Morton; and he granted a part of them for the maintenance of the Archbishop, who was one of his own chusing, viz. John Douglas, a Carmelite friar, who was admitted Archbishop of this See by the General Assembly of the Kirk, convened at Perth in August 1572. Year. No. 1572 46. John Douglas, Rector of the University of St Andrews.He was the first Protestant Archbishop here. -76 46. Patrick Adamson, Parson of Paisley. He died in 1591. The See vacant, and its revenues bestowed on the Duke of Lenox. 1606 47. George Gledstanes. Translated from Caithness. -15 48. John Spottiswood. Translated from Glasgow. Chancellor. This worthy Prelate died in 1639. The see vacant 22 years. Lord -61 49. James Sharp, Professor of Divinity at St Andrews. He was a proud overbearing man, and had disobliged the people, with whom he was extremely unpopular. He was barbarously murdered by a set of fanatics on the 3d of May 1679, on Magus-muir, near St Andrews. -79 50. Alexander Burnet. Translated from Glasgow. Died in 1684. 84 51. Arthur Ross. Translated from Glasgow. The last Archbishop of this See. He was ejected soon after the Revo lution. THE SEE OF ABERDEEN.、 King Malcolm III. having gained a great victory over the Danes in 1010, resolved to found a new Bishoprick, in token of his gratitude for his success; he accordingly pitched upon Mortlach in Banffshire. It still remains a parish-church, situated about three miles from the river Spey, between the castles of Balvenny and Auchindown, and near fifty miles distant from the city of Aberdeen. Nectanus, the fourth Bishop of Mortlach, removed the seat of the See to Old Aberdeen, and there it continued till the Revolution. The |