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[ATTEMPTED LEGATINE COUNCIL AT NORHAM.]

dreæ, Glasguensis, et Moraviensis Episcopatus. Ingelramus igitur in die Dominica electus, in Sabbato sequenti sacerdos ordinatus, et in quadragesimo die electionis suæ a Romano Pontifice Alexandro tertio in Episcopum consecratus b. Quod Rogerus Eboracensis satis moleste tulit, ut sequentia declarabunt. Henrici junioris Regis Angliæ fretus auxilio, inhiabat sibi usurpare ordinationis dignitatem, non solum Glasguensis Ecclesiæ, sed et Sancti Andreæ, atque totius cleri Scotia legationem. Habens ad hoc legationis privilegium ab Apostolico clanculo et falsis suggestionibus impetratum, venit pompose ad Castrum de Norham Twedæ fluvio vicinum; inde mox bajulis ad clerum Scotia delegatis, quatenus illum cum honore velut suum susciperent legatum a Summo Pontifice destinatum, aut sibi cognoscerent Divinum officium sequestrandum. Quod cum audisset Ingelramus, nondum adhuc electus sed duntaxat Archidiaconus Glasguensis et Regis Cancellarius, indigne valde ferebat; et de consensu cleri ad hoc electus, et procurator effectus, adjunctis sibi notabilibus clericis, cum quodam satellite nobili et manu forti, hunc delphinum Eboracensem Rogerum inconsternate aggreditur: dicens, Unde tibi, pater, præsumptio ista elata, nostri honoris clandestinum te voluisse privilegium usurpare? Disputatum est hinc inde acriter, Salomone Decano Glasguensi et Waltero Priore de Kalco sibi assistentibus ac multum eleganter perorantibus; donec ad curiam Romanam a Scotis appellatum est; ubi, astantibus pomposis clericis et procuratoribus Eboracensibus, consecratus est Ingelramus ab Alexandro Papa, ad confusionem maximam Anglicorum et ad Scotorum gloriam spectabilem. [I. 461, 462.]

The young Henry was not crowned until June 14, A.D. 1170.

b These dates do not harmonize with the day assigned by the Chron. de Mailros for Ingelram's consecration, viz. Oct. 28: which day is confirmed by the date of Pope Alexander's letter on the subject, viz. Nov. 1. In

A.D. 1164 Oct. 28 fell on a Wednesday. And the fortieth day prior to it, Sept. 18, was consequently a Friday, not a Sunday. Fordun is

no doubt inaccurate.

Roger was made Legate Feb. 27, A.D. 1164.

A.D. 1164. Oct. 28. Sens. Ingelram consecrated to the See of Glasgow by Pope Alexander III.

CHRON. DE MAILROS, in an.-Herebertus Episcopus Glascuensis obiit, cui successit Engelramus Regis Cancellarius, consecratus a Papa Alexandro apud Senonensem civitatem die Apostolorum Simonis et Jude, licet nuncii Eboracensis Archiepiscopi plurimum

[BISHOP OF GLASGOW CONSECRATED BY THE POPE.]

restiterint. [So also Bened. Abbas and Hoveden, but omitting the date. And see Fordun, as quoted above.]

De promocione

sis.

REG. GLASG. no. 19.-Nov. 1. Sens. Pope Alexander Engelrami] Epi- III. to the Dean and Chapter of Glasgow.-ALEXANDER EPIscopi GlasguenSCOPUS SERVUS SERVORUM DEI, dilectis filiis salutem, Decano et Canonicis Glasguensibus et vniuerso clero ac populo per Glasguensem Episcopatum constitutis, salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem. Venerabilem fratrem nostrum Eng[elramum] olim electum nunc uero Episcopum uestrum, cum karissimi in Christo filii nostri M[alcolmi] illustris Scotorum Regis et uestris aliorumque litteris ad nos uenientem, debita benignitate suscepimus; et sicut uos et ipsum decuit, curauimus honorare. Licet autem nuntii uenerabilis fratris nostri Eboracensis Archiepiscopi, qui presentes exstiterant, repugnarent, et apud nos precibus multis insisterent, ne in hoc facto procederemus; nos tamen, attendentes illam necessitatem que Glasguensi Ecclesie pro defectu pastoris spiritualiter et temporaliter inminebat, non propterea dimisimus, quin eidem Regi tanquam Christianissimo principi uolentes deferre, et eidem Ecclesie uestre utiliter prouidere, de communi fratrum nostrorum consilio, eum sicut debuimus in Episcopum consecremus. Ipsum itaque de nostri tanquam de beati Petri manibus consecratum, cum plenitudine gratie et benedictione Apostolice sedis ad uos tanquam ad spirituales filios remittentes, eum uniuersitati uestre attentius commendamus, per Apostolica scripta rogantes, monentes, atque mandantes, quatinus pro reuerentia beati Petri ac nostra ipsum uelud Episcopum et pastorem uestrum benigne recipiatis, et ei sicut spirituali patri et rectori animarum uestrarum debitam in omnibus obedientiam ac reuerentiam impendatis. Siquis autem uestrum huic mandato nostro contumaciter duxerit resistendum, nos sententiam quam idem Episcopus in eum propter hoc canonice tulerit, auctore Domino, ratam et firmam habebimus. Dat. Senon. kal. Nouembr. [I. 18, 19.]

a So miswritten in the original.

A.D. 1164. The Benedictine nunnery of Lincluden in Galloway founded by Uchtred father of Roland Lord of Galloway. And A.D. 1165, Mauchlyn in Kyle granted to Melrose by Walter son of Alan Lord High Steward of Scotland, where in course of time a Cistercian abbey was founded by the abbey of Melrose. And before A.D. 1165, the priory of Canoby founded by Turgot de Rossedala.

[BULLS RELATING TO GLASGOW.]

Chalmers, Caled., III. 151, 489, 518. King David also, "de præclara militia Templi Hierosolymitani optimos fratres secum retinens," etc. (Bk. of Coupar), gave the Templars, among

other houses, one at Inchynan in the shire of
Renfrew (Id., ib. XIII.). He also founded
Benedictine nunneries at Newcastle and at
Carlisle.

A.D. 1165. June 2. Ferentinum. Pope Alexander III. to the Canons of Glasgow a

Bulla Alexandri

REG. GLASG. no. 22.-ALEXANDER EPISCOPUS SERVUS III. pro obedien- SERVORUM DEI, dilectis filiis canonicis Glasguensis Ecclesie, tia impendenda. salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem. Honor est et gloria subditorum magistris et prelatis suis obedientiam et reuerentiam exhibere; cum nichil sit quod magis subditorum uitam et mores adornet quam si magistris suis obnoxii fuerint sicut conuenit et deuoti. Inde est quod quantumcumque uos credamus sicut obedientie filios uirtutem obedientie imitari, uolentes uos semper ad ea nostris exhortationibus commonere que uestre fame expediant et saluti, discretioni uestre per Apostolica scripta mandamus, quatinus uenerabili fratri nostro Episcopo uestro debitam obedientiam et reuerentiam impendatis, et eius monitis et mandatis prompta curetis deuocione parere. Nos autem eidem Episcopo dedimus in mandatis, ut uos paterne caritatis affectu diligat et honoret; et in ea que decet mansuetudine et benignitate pertractet; et ecclesiastica negocia cum uestro consilio, et eorum maxime qui maioris dignitatis sunt et scientie, gerat; et dignitatem et iura uestra integra et illesa conseruet. Dat. Ferentini IIII. non. Jun. [I. 20.]

Possibly Ingelram remained with the Pope from Nov. A.D. 1164 to July A.D. 1165,

and brought back this letter with him on his return to Glasgow.

A.D. 1169. The Augustinian Abbey of Lanercost founded by Robert de Vallibus Lord of Gilleslanda.

■ Dugd. Mon., VI. 236.

Christian of Candida Casa attests the foundation charter, and is

the only Bishop that does so.

A.D. 1170. April 5. Signia. Bull of Alexander III. declaring Glasgow an independent See.

REG. GLASG. no. 26. [Similar in terms with the Bull of April 30, A.D. 1175, which see below at length.]

[PATRONAGE OF BENEFICES IN GLASGOW DIOCESE.]

A.D. 1170 (?). April 26. Lateran. Pope Alexander III. to the Abbats, Priors, and other patrons of benefices in the diocese of Glasgow a.

Quod presentari

REG. GLASG. no. 27.-ALEXANDER EPISCOPUS SERVUS debeant curati SERVORUM DEI, dilectis filiis Abbatibus, Prioribus, et aliis Episcopo ad ecclesias vacan- in Glasguensi Episcopatu presentationes ecclesiarum habentibus, salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem. In eo

tes.

sumus loco et officio, Diuina donante gratia, constituti, ut pro ecclesiarum statu satagere debeamus, et que de auaritie radice procedunt, ab ecclesiis penitus extirpare. Inde est, quod uniuersitatem uestram monemus, mandamus, atque precipimus, quatinus in ecclesiis, quas in prescripto Episcopatu habetis, venerabili fratri nostro Episcopo uestro, ut ab eo curam suscipiant animarum, si nondum presentastis personas ydoneas, presentare curetis: et census in eisdem ecclesiis institutos secundum eiusdem Episcopi prouidentiam ad tantam saltem moderacionem reducere studeatis, quod seruientes ibidem necessaria possint decenter secundum ecclesie facultatem percipere, et episcopalia honera supportare, et hospitalitatis officia exercere. Alioquin non erit nobis molestum sed gratum, si ad que precepimus, Episcopus uos pontificali auctoritate duxerit compellendos. Dat. Lat. VI. kal. Maij. [I. 25.]

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A.D. 1174. May 23. Perth. Bishop Jocelyn elected to the See of

Glasgow.

CHRON. DE MAILROS, in an.-Jocelinus, abbas monasterii de Melros, numero quartus, a clero, a populo exigente, et Rege ipso assenciente, ad Ecclesiam Glascuensem presul eligitur X. kal. Junii, apud Pert in Scotia; vir mitis et morigeratus, vir mansuetus et moderatus.

[CONSECRATION OF BISHOP OF GLASGOW BY THE PAPAL LEGATE AT CLAIRVAUX.]

A.D. 1174. December. Falaise. [Church of Scotland, including Glasgow, declared by treaty to be subject to that of England, so far as it "ought to be or had been" so: see below, under the Scottish Church.]

A.D. 1174, 1175. Consecration of Jocelyn to the See of Glasgow by the Pope's Legate at Clairvaux a.

1. CHRON. DE MAILROS, in an. 1175.-Jocelinus, Ecclesie Glasguensis electus, ex mandato domini Papæ Alexandri III. in Episcopum consecratus est a domino Eskilo Lundensi Archiepiscopo, sedis Apostolice legato, et totius Dacie primate, in Claraualle.

Jocelyn's immediate successor, Hugh de Roxburgh, in A.D. 1199, died before consecration. William, who succeeded, was consecrated in France by the Archbishop of Lyons in A.D. 1200 (Chron. de Mailr., and see Letter of John ex-Archbishop of Lyons to the Bishop of Glasgow in Mabillon's Analecta, pp. 478, 479, second edition). Florence, the next, was Bishop elect five years (A.D. 12021207), but then gave up the see unconsecrated. And Walter, who followed, was thus

the first Bishop of the see consecrated by Scottish Bishops at Glasgow itself, but by Papal licence, Nov. 2, A.D. 1208 (Innes, Pref. to Reg. Glasg., etc.). Jocelyn however acted as a Scottish Bishop throughout, and was commissioned as such by the Pope in the disputes about the see of S. Andrew's A.D. 1183-1188. He was also sent to Rome in a like capacity in A.D. 1181. See below, under the Scottish Church.

2. A.D. 1174. Dec. 16. Ferentinum. Confirmation of Jocelyn's Election by Pope Alexander III.

sensis Abbatis

Confirmacio J[0- REG. GLASG. no. 35.-ALEXANDER EPISCOPUS SERVUS celini] Malro- SERVORUM DEI, dilectis filiis Abbati de Foguer et aliis in Episcopum Abbatibus in patrimonio beati Kentegerni constitutis, ad EccleGlasg. Electi. siam Glasguensem spectantibus, salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem. Ex litteris karissimi in Christo filii nostri W. illustris Scotorum Regis, et quorundam Episcoporum regni sui, necnon etiam decani et capituli Glasguensis Ecclesie, auribus nostris innotuit quod decanus et canonici, defuncto Glasguensi Episcopo, dilectum filium nostrum J. Malrosensem abbatem in Episcopum suum unanimiter elegerunt. Cuius quidem electionem multorum religiosorum uirorum testimonio cognoscentes fuisse canonice celebratam, eam auctoritate Apostolica confirmauimus; mandantes eidem electo consecrationis munus impendi, si intollerabile sibi uisum fuerit ad presentiam nostram uenire. Ideoque uniuersitati uestre per Apostʊlica scripta precipiendo mandamus, quatinus predicto electo, cum

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