Document 2/97/54 (Moray Reg., no. 261)
- Description
- Prior John and convent of St Andrews to pope; following death of Sir G[amelin] and his burial in church, he and chapter, wishing to provide their widowed church with a shepherd, and having obtained king's assent, established a day, that is, Wednesday on morrow of SS Marcel and Peter the martyrs, 1271, in cathedral church, to choose a shepherd. They have granted power to six of their canons, namely 'N.', and a seventh, the archdeacon of Lothian, to choose a suitable person as their bishop and they agreed that Master W[illiam] Wishart, their archdeacon and chaplain of pope, be elected as their bishop and shepherd
- Firm date
- 3 June 1271
- Dating Notes
- Wednesday on the morrow of the feast of SS Marcel and Peter the martyrs, 1271
- Place date (modern)
- St Andrews Cathedral
- Related Place
- St Andrews
- Source for Data Entry
- Moray Registrum, no. 261
- Trad. ID
- Moray Reg., no. 261
- Calendar number
- 2/97/54
- Charter type
- Letter (correspondence)
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- The 'N' probably refers to 'nomine' rather than an actual person, with the names to be filled in later