An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops Down to the Year 1688
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Abcrd. ] He was likewise bishop anno 1329, [Kelso et Neiobot. ] and in the time of King Edward Baliol, [C. Glasg. ~] When that prince set himself up to be king, this bishop entered into his measures ; and he, together with the bishops of Aber- deen and Dunkeld, are witnesses in a grant of King Ed- ward Baliol to Edward king of England, of the date the 12th February 1334, [Foed. Ang. ] This prelate, in anno 1335, returning from Flanders to Scotland 3 with two ships, aboard which were 250 Scots, ...was attacked at sea by a su- perior fleet of English, commanded by the Earls of Sarum and Huntingdon, &c. The Scots vessels, being overpowered by numbers, were taken, after an obstinate fight, in which many of both sides were killed ; and the bishop, being mor- tally wounded in the head, immediately expired. William Rae, 1335. ] — William, whose surname, ac- cording to the document published by the Scots College at 5 " Duas naves dc Flaudria versus Scotiam navigantes mul- " titudine Scotorum oneratas, sciz.
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