Ingram Lindsay
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of Aberdeen |
| Title | Bishop of Aberdeen |
| Period in office | 1441–1458 |
| Consecration | 1441 |
| Predecessor | Henry de Lichton |
| Successor | Thomas Spens |
| Religious career | |
| Previous post | Precentor of Moray |
| Personal | |
| Date of birth | Late 1300s or early 1400s |
| Place of birth | Scotland. |
| Date of death | August 24, 1458 |
| Place of death | Aberdeen |
Ingram Lindsay [Ingeram de Lindesay], Doctor in Canon Law, was a 15th century Scottish cleric. 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 as Archdeacon of Dunkeld on January 21, 1421, but this was unsuccessful;[1] likewise he was Dean of the Collegiate Church of Dunbar in 1422, but only for a year or under.[2] Ingram was in possession of the church of "Kynnore" (Kinnoir), a Moray prebend, by 1430, and possessed a canonry and prebend in the diocese of Brechin and a vicarage in the diocese of Glasgow when he was made Precentor of Elgin Cathedral in 1431, a position he held until 1441.[3] He had also briefly been Chancellor of Moray between 1430 and 1431.[4]
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 by Pope Eugenius IV on April 28.[5] Not too much can be said about Ingram's episcopate. Among other things, Bishop Ingram is known to have put a stone roof on Aberdeen Cathedral, paved its floor with free stone and added the churches of Monymusk and Ruthven to the cathedral prebends.[6] 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.[7] Ingram died at Aberdeen on August 24, 1458.[8] Bishop Ingram was an active scholastic theologian, and is known to have written various theological and biblical commentaries.[9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 120.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 354.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 223.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 227.
- ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 3.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 123; Keith, Historical Catalogue, p. 111.
- ^ Keith, Historical Catalogue, p. 111.
- ^ Keith, Historical Catalogue, p. 111; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 227.
- ^ Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 124.
[edit] 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)
| Religious Posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry de Lichton |
Bishop of Aberdeen 1441–1458 |
Succeeded by Thomas Spens |
