- Ingram Lindsay
infobox bishopbiog
name = Ingram Lindsay
religion=Roman Catholic Church
See =Diocese of Aberdeen
Title =Bishop of Aberdeen
Period = 1441–1458
consecration = 1441
Predecessor =Henry de Lichton
Successor =Thomas Spens
post =Precentor of Moray| ordination =
bishops =
date of birth = Late 1300s or early 1400s
place of birth =Scotland .
date of death = death date|1458|8|24|mf=y
place of death =Aberdeen Ingram Lindsay [Ingeram de Lindesay] , Doctor in
Canon Law , was a 15th century Scottishcleric . Despite being of illegitimate birth - one of several sons of an unmarried nobleman and an unmarried girl - he nevertheless managed in the end to pursue a successful ecclesiastical career.Pope Martin V provided him asArchdeacon of Dunkeld onJanuary 21 ,1421 , but this was unsuccessful; [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 120.] likewise he was Dean of theCollegiate Church ofDunbar in 1422, but only for a year or under. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 354.] Ingram was in possession of the church of "Kynnore" (Kinnoir ), a Morayprebend , by 1430, and possessed acanonry and prebend in thediocese of Brechin and a vicarage in thediocese of Glasgow when he was madePrecentor ofElgin Cathedral in 1431, a position he held until 1441. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 223.] He had also briefly beenChancellor of Moray between 1430 and 1431. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 227.]It was in 1441 that Ingram attained the peak of his career, being elected
Bishop of Aberdeen by the chapter; he was confirmed in this position byPope Eugenius IV onApril 28 . [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 3.] Not too much can be said about Ingram's episcopate. Among other things, Bishop Ingram is known to have put a stone roof onAberdeen Cathedral , paved its floor with free stone and added the churches ofMonymusk and Ruthven to the cathedral prebends. [Dowden, "Bishops of Scotland", p. 123; Keith, "Historical Catalogue", p. 111.] He is said to have fallen out with the king,James II of Scotland , by refusing to accommodate James' wish that some benefices be bestowed on certain royal followers. [Keith, "Historical Catalogue", p. 111.] Ingram died atAberdeen onAugust 24 1458 . [Keith, "Historical Catalogue", p. 111; Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 227.] Bishop Ingram was an active scholastictheologian , and is known to have written various theological and biblical commentaries. [Dowden, "Bishops of Scotland", p. 124.]Notes
References
* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
* Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924)
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
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