John de Peebles
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John de Peebles [Peblys] was a 14th century bishop of Dunkeld and chancellor of Scotland. He was a graduate of the University of Paris by 1351, where he became both a determinant and licentiate. He chose to remain there, and soon became procurator of the "English nation" before obtaining a doctorate in Canon law. From 1360 he was an official in the bishopric of Glasgow, and was master of the hospital of Peebles. By 1365 he was treasurer of Glasgow. Eventually he held canonries and prebends in that diocese and in the diocese of Aberdeen, and controlled the church of Douglas. By 1374 he was archdeacon of St Andrews and the papal collector for the Kingdom of Scotland. He was provided to the bishopric of Dunkeld by Pope Gregory XI either in late 1377 or early 1378.
When the Western Schism began, he initially supported Pope Urban VI, perhaps still being in Continental Europe on the succession of Urban. However, in 1379 Avignon Pope Clement VII commissioned the bishop of St Andrews to absolve him from this, and granted John leave to be consecrated by any adhering bishop. He was Chancellor of Scotland between March 1377 and March 1390. He died sometime between March 18, 1390 and February 1, 1391.
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- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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| Preceded by Andrew Umfray Michael de Monymusk |
Bishop of Dunkeld 1377X1378–1390X1391 |
Succeeded by Robert Sinclair |
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Secular Abbot-Bishops
Túathal · Flaithbertach · Dúnchad · Crínán · Ethelred
Pre-Reformation Bishops
Cormac · John of Atholl · Gregoir · Richard · Walter de Bidun · John the Scot · Richard de Prebenda · John de Leicester · Hugh de Sigillo · Matthew the Scot · Gilbert · Galfred de Liberatione · Richard de Inverkeithing · Hugh de Strivelyn · William · Matthew de Crambeth · John de Leche · William Sinclair · Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray · Richard de Pilmor · Robert de Den · Donnchadh de Strathearn · John Luce · John de Carrick · Michael de Monymusk · Andrew Umfray · John de Peebles · Robert Sinclair · Robert de Cardeny · Dómhnall MacNeachdainn · James Kennedy · Alexander Lauder · Thomas Livingston · James Bruce · William Turnbull · John de Ralston · Thomas Lauder · James Livingston · Alexander Inglis · George Brown · Andrew Stewart · Gavin Douglas · Robert Cockburn · George Crichton · Donald Campbell · Robert Crichton ·
Post-Reformation Bishops
James Paton · Robert Crichton · Peter Rollock · James Nicolson · Alexander Lindsay · George Haliburton · Henry Guthrie · William Lindsay · Andrew Bruce · John Hamilton
Italics indicate non consecrated, titular or doubtful bishops
