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Alexander Inglis

Scottish cleric and royal clerk

Scottish cleric and royal clerk

FieldValue
typeBishop
nameAlexander Inglis
titleBishop of Dunkeld (elect)
churchRoman Catholic Church
seeDiocese of Dunkeld
term1483–4
predecessorJames Livingston
successorGeorge Brown
consecration1476
birth_date1400s
birth_placeProbably Scotland
death_date1496
previous_postDean of Dunkeld (1470–96);
Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96)

Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96) Alexander Inglis (died 1496) was a Scottish cleric and royal clerk. He was the son of one George Inglis and his wife Margeret. At some point in his life he had attended university and obtained a Licentiate in Decrees. and in 1480 became Archdeacon of St Andrews. On 17 September 1483, after the death of Bishop James Livingston, he was elected to succeed the latter as Bishop of Dunkeld. Inglis ran into difficulty on 22 October, when the Chancellor of the diocese of Aberdeen, George Brown, was also provided as Bishop of Dunkeld. but on 13 June 1484, Brown had been consecrated at the Papal see. Inglis continued to hold his previous posts as Archdeacon and Dean until his death in 1496.

Notes

References

  • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
  • Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)

before=Andrew Stewart | title=Archdeacon of St Andrews | years=1480–1496 | after=Robert de Fontibus (Wells) before=James Livingston | title=Bishop of Dunkeld (elect) | years=1483–1484 | after=George Brown

References

  1. Dowden, ''Bishops of Scotland'', p. 78.
  2. In 1477 he became [[Dean (religion). Dean]] of the [[diocese of Dunkeld]],Watt, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', p. 105.
  3. Watt, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', pp. 307–8.
  4. Watt, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', p. 98; Dowden, ''Bishops of Scotland'', p. 78.
  5. Inglis was styled Bishop-elect in Scotland until 1485,Dowden, ''Bishops of Scotland'', p. 79.
  6. Watt, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', p. 98.
  7. Watt, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', pp. 98, 105, 307-8.
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