William Tulloch

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name = William de Tulloch


religion= Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Moray
Title = Bishop of Moray
Period = 1477–1482
consecration = By July 21, 1462 (for Bishopric of Orkney)
Predecessor = David Stewart
Successor = Andrew Stewart
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bishops = Bishop of Orkney (1461–1477)
date of birth = Early-to-mid 1400s
place of birth = Angus, Scotland
date of death = April 14, 1482
place of death = Moray, Scotland

William de Tulloch (d. 1482) was a 15th century Scottish prelate. A nativie of Angus, he became a canon of Orkney, almost certainly brought there by his cousin Thomas de Tulloch, Bishop of Orkney. He was provided to the bishopric upon the resignation of his cousin by Pope Pius II at the Apostolic see on December 11, 1461. He had been consecrated by July 21, 1462, when he rendered an oath of fealty at Copenhagen to Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

In 1468 he was one of the ambassadors responsible for organising the marriage between King James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark, the daughter of King Christian. The marriage resulted in the formal transfer of Orkney and Shetland to the sovereignty of the Scottish crown. He was Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from June 25, 1470 onwards. He was sent to England in 1471 as an ambassador. He became tacksman, i.e. held the administration of, Orkney and Shetland from August 27, 1472, until July 28, 1478, continuing the role entrusted to him earlier by King Christian.

On February 12, 1477, following the death of David Stewart, he was rewarded for his extensive services by attaining translation to the Bishopric of Moray. On March 21, his proctors at Rome, William and John of Paris, paid 642 gold florins and 43 shillings, presumably as payment for the new bishopric. He retained his position as Keeper of the Privy Seal until at least 1481. Tulloch remained Bishop of Moray until his death on April 14, 1482.

References

* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912), pp. 162-3, 261-2,
* Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924), pp. 145, 222
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 216, 253