John Laing (bishop)
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John Laing | |
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Bishop of Glasgow | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Glasgow |
Appointed | 28 January 1474 |
Term ended | 11 January 1483 |
Predecessor | Andrew de Durisdeer |
Successor | Robert Blackadder |
Personal details | |
Died | 11 January 1483 |
John Laing was a 15th-century bishop of Glasgow. He was from the family of "Redhouse" in the shire of Edinburgh. Before becoming bishop he was rector of Tannadice in Angus, vicar of Linlithgow, and was rector of Newlands in the diocese of Glasgow when he was appointed to the see in 1474. In 1476 he founded the Franciscan Monastery or 'Greyfriars' of Glasgow in conjunction with Thomas Forsyth, Rector of Glasgow.[1] He was appointed Chancellor of Scotland in 1482. He died on 11 January 1483.[2]
References
Citations
- ^ Millar, Alexander Hastie (1892). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. p. 403. .
- ^ "Bishop John Laing (Layne) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
Bibliography
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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