William Scot

William Scot (also William of Stichill ) († around 1243) was an Anglo-Scottish clergyman. In 1226 he was elected Bishop of Durham , but the election was not recognized.

William was also named after Stichill , a place in Roxburghshire , Scotland . Since he was referred to as a Magister , he had probably attended university. He was rector of a parish in Yorkshire , and before December 1218 archdeacon of Worcester . In 1226 he was elected bishop of the Diocese of Durham , but Pope Gregory IX. did not recognize the election on May 19, 1227.

William believed to have an illegitimate son, Robert , who became Bishop of Durham in 1260.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Worcester: Archdeacons of Worcester
2. ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Bishops ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ AJ Piper: Stichill, Robert of (d. 1274). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
Richard Marsh	Bishop of Durham (elect) 1226-1227	Richard Poore