John Porterfield
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John Porterfield (fl. 1571–1571x3) was a Scottish prelate in the sixteenth-century. A mysterious figure, he emerges in 1571 as the successor to James Beaton II as Archbishop of Glasgow. He was described by Robert Keith as "a kind of titular bishop", propped up by the establishment for nominal purposes during a period of disorder.[1] Porterfield probably held on to the archbishopric into 1572, but he disappeared from the records thereafter. In late 1573 James Boyd became new Archbishop of Glasgow.[2] Porterfield is possibly the same as the John Porterfield, minister of Ayr, who died in 1604.[3]
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- Keith, Robert (1824), An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688 (New ed.), London, <http://books.google.com/books?id=9G8AAAAAMAAJ>
- MacDonald, Alan R. "Welsh, John (1568/9–1622)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 3 April 2008
- Watt, D. E. R. & Murray, A. L., eds. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638 (Revised ed.), The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 25, Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-19-8, ISSN 0143-9448
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Beaton |
Archbishop of Glasgow 1571–1571 x 1573 |
Succeeded by James Boyd |
