William Scheves
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William Scheves († 1497) was the second Archbishop of St. Andrews. In his earlier ecclesiastical career, he had been clericus regic (royal cleric) and Master of the hospital of Brechin. By the beginning of 1477, he was Archdeacon of the bishopric of St. Andrews and coadjutor (successor) and Vicar-General of the archdiocese. After the deposition of Archbishop Patrick Graham in 1478, he succeeded to the archbishopric, apparently receiving the papal pall while in the presence of King James IV and many of the nobility at Holyrood.
The archbishop was given connections to the Christian areas of the Mediterranean under Ottoman control. He was styled "Bishop of Delphi", and his subordinate, James Lindsay, was appointed "Bishop of Dionysias" as a suffragan of the Archbishop of St. Andrews. William's name is even noted in one Greek chronicle.
Scheves died on January 28, 1497.
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- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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| Preceded by Patrick Graham |
Archbishop of St Andrews 1478–1497 |
Succeeded by James Stewart |
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