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. He had previously been the

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to King

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, as well as

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. He was

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d to the see in

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, 1255, and confirmed by

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on 1 July 1255, who also agreed to overlook his apparent "defect of birth". Gamelin was a Comyn supporter, and was banished from the kingdom sometime in 1256, a year after the Comyns' rival

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had seized power. After the Durwards were overthrown, he was able to return, and was certainly back in Scotland by 1270. He died the following year at "Inchmurdauch" (''Innse Muiredaich'').

References

*Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) *Campbell, Marion, ''Alexander III: King of Scots'', House of Lochar, (Colonsay, 1999) *Young, Alan & Cumming, George, ''The Real Patriots of Early Scottish Independence'', Birlinn, (Edinburgh, 2014) 1271 deaths Bishops of St Andrews 13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Lord chancellors of Scotland Year of birth unknown {{UK-bishop-stub