- Radulf de Lamley
Radulf de Lamley [Ralph, Ranulf, Randalph de Lambley] (d. 1247) was a 13th century monk and cleric. Radulf's youth is obscure, and it is not until the 1220s that he emerges in the sources as a
Tironensian monk, nowAbbot of Arbroath . He held the leadership ofArbroath Abbey until 1239, when he was chosen to succeedGilbert de Stirling asBishop of Aberdeen .According to
Hector Boece , he was selected purely on merit and maintained his ascetic life after becoming a bishop. This apparently included increasing theasceticism of the cathedral clergy, retaining the light diet of the monk and making his episcopal visitations on foot. Among the notable acts of his episcopate, he exempted the churches owned incorporation by the chapter fromepiscopal dues and confirmed the grants made by his predecessor bishops. He alsoexcommunicated themurderers ofPadraig, Earl of Atholl (d. 1241).He died in the year 1247, sometime before
May 13 when his successorPeter de Ramsay received a papal mandate forconsecration .References
* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), pp. 103-4
* Innes, Cosmo, "Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis: Ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis Regesta Que Extant in Unum Collecta", Vol. 1, (Edinburgh, 1845), p. xxiii
* Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924), p. 107
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 1
* Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), "The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries", The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 4
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