Walter Capellanus

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Walter Capellanus was an important cleric and politician in the Kingdom of Scotland during the reigns of kings William the Lion and Alexander II.

Walter was chaplain (capellanus) of King William the Lion, and after the resignation of the unconsecrated Bishop Florence of Glasgow, received the king's support for the vacant episcopal office. On 7 December 1207 he was elected to the see, and consecrated to it at Glasgow on 2 November 1208. In 1215, Walter was one of three Scottish bishops to attend the Fourth Lateran Council at Rome (the other two were William de Malveisin, bishop of St Andrews and Bricius, bishop of Moray). He returned to Rome in 1218, as part of a delegation of three Scottish bishops, including Bricius of Moray, and Adam, bishop of Caithness, in order to obtain absolution from Pope Honorius III for the sentence of excommunication imposed on King Alexander II and the whole Kingdom of Scotland. The mission was successful, and Honorius granted absolution. In 1219, however, Walter found himself in some trouble. A canon of Glasgow, a Master William, told the papacy that Walter's election was uncanonical, and that when he was chaplain to the king, he had given the royal Chamberlain Philip de Valone 100 merks and a promise to pay the Queen, Ermengarde de Beaumont, even more in exchange for the bishopric of Glasgow. Furthermore, Walter was accused of nepotism and maintaining an immoral household. The Pope commission one of his legates, Cardinal Pandulf Masca, Bishop-elect of Norwich, to investigate. Nothing more is heard of the case.

Walter died sometime in the year 1232, sometime after 19 May when he granted a charter to Kelso Abbey.

References

Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

Religious titles
Preceded by Florence (unconsecrated) William de Malveisin	Bishop of Glasgow 1207/8–32	Succeeded by William de Bondington

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Pre-Reformation Bishops	Magsuen John Scotus Michael of Glasgow John Capellanus Herbert of Selkirk Enguerrand Jocelin Hugh de Roxburgh William de Malveisin Florence of Holland Walter Capellanus William de Bondington Nicholas de Moffat John de Cheam Nicholas de Moffat William Wishart Robert Wishart Stephen de Dunnideer John de Lindsay John de Egglescliffe John Wishart William Rae Walter Wardlaw Matthew de Glendonwyn William de Lauder John Cameron James Bruce William Turnbull Andrew de Durisdeer John Laing George Carmichael Robert Blackadder

Pre-Reformation Archbishops	Robert Blackadder James Beaton (elder) Gavin Dunbar Alexander Gordon James Beaton (younger)

Post-Reformation Archbishops	James Beaton (younger) John Porterfield James Boyd of Trochrig Robert Montgomery William Erskine James Beaton (younger) John Spottiswoode James Law Patrick Lindsay Andrew Fairfoul Alexander Burnet Robert Leighton Alexander Burnet Arthur Rose Alexander Cairncross John Paterson

Modern Roman Catholic Archbishops	Charles Eyre John Maguire Donald Mackintosh Donald Campbell James Scanlan Thomas Winning Mario Conti Philip Tartaglia

Persondata
Name	Capellanus, Walter
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Short description	Roman Catholic bishop
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Date of death	1232
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