- Adam de Kald
Adam de Kald [de Kalder, Crail] was an early 13th century
Bishop of Aberdeen . His name, "de Kald" or "de Caral" could refer to, among other places,Calder inNairnshire orCrail inFife . Either location may mark his origin place, but this is speculation. It can be noted that there is a river inWest Yorkshire called Calder. His origins remain obscure.He seems to have risen as a
clerk of KingWilliam the Lion ; he is styled "clericus domini regis" ("clerk of the lord King") as a witness to acharter of the latter king. In 1207, as asub-deacon , he was electedBishop of Aberdeen . According toHector Boece , an often highly unreliable authority of a much later date, Adam was the choice of the king rather than the clergy of thediocese of Aberdeen . He was confirmed in his position only after amandate ofPope Innocent III . The mandate was issued to theBishop of Dunkeld , theBishop of Brechin and theAbbot of Kelso , who were ordered to determine whether or not Adam was created sub-deacon merely in order to become bishop.Not a lot is known about Adam's episcopate. He left at least three charters, including confirmations of grants made by Morggán, Mormaer of Mar and the latter's kinsman Thomas mac Maíl Choluim, Royal Doorward. There is a little evidence that he served as Chancellor at some point under King William. He died at some point in the year 1228. He was succeeded by
Gilbert de Stirling .References
* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), pp. 101-2
* Innes, Cosmo, "Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis: Ecclesie Cathedralis Aberdonensis Regesta Que Extant in Unum Collecta", Vol. 1, (Edinburgh, 1845), p. xxii
* Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924), p. 106
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 1
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