Eadmer, bishop of St Andrews (d.c.1128/30)

Biography: Watt and Murray, Fasti, 377: Eadmer was a monk of Canterbury and had been requested by King Alexander I as the new bishop of St Andrews, being granted a release by the archbishop of Canterbury and King Henry of England on 4 January 1120 ×. He was formally elected in Scotland on 29 June 1120, but following a dispute he resigned without consecration and was back in Canterbury by early 1121. He died in 1128 or later, perhaps around 1130.
Related Place: St Andrews
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Transaction factoids (7) Title factoids (4)

Date	Short Summary	Role	Source
1120	Writes to Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury concerning Eadmer, bishop of St Andrews	named person (transaction)	1/3/6 (ESC, no. 39)
1120	Request that archbishop allow Eadmer, a monk of Canterbury, to become bishop of St Andrews	named person (transaction)	1/3/5 (ESC, no. 37)
1120 X 29 Jun. 1120	Instruction to send [unnamed] person back for consecration	named person (transaction)	2/15/2 (ESC, no. 38)
29 Jun. 1120 X early 1121	General letter concerning Eadmer, bishop-elect	named person (transaction)	2/15/3 (ESC, no. 40)
1121 X	Correspondence concerning resignation of Eadmer, bishop-elect of St Andrews	Addressor	2/10/1 (ESC, no. 41)
1121	Resignation of bishopric	Grantor	2/10/1 (ESC, no. 41)
1121 X 1122	Request to re-instate bishop-elect and send written reply	named person (transaction)	2/15/4 (ESC, no. 42)

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