John Spalding was a 15th-century churchman based at
Brechin in
Angus, Scotland
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. Spalding became
Dean of Brechin in 1456; he was confirmed in this position by the Pope on 5 October 1458.
Biography
After the resignation of
Robert Lauder
Robert Lauder was a Scottish prelate and Nuncio of the 15th century. The Lauder family produced a large number of senior churchman in this period, and alongside Robert can be named William Lauder, Bishop of Glasgow, Alexander Lauder and Th ...
as
Bishop of Dunblane
The Bishop of Dunblane or Bishop of Strathearn was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunblane or Strathearn, one of medieval Scotland's thirteen bishoprics. It was based at Dunblane Cathedral, now a parish church of the Church of Scotland ...
at the
papal curia on 12 September 1466, the Pope provided
John Herspolz
John Herspolz or John Hepburn (died 1486) was Bishop of Dunblane. On the day of the resignation of the bishopric of Dunblane by Robert Lauder at the papal curia – 12 September 1466 – Pope Paul II provided Herspolz/Hepburn as Lauder's successo ...
to that bishopric; King
James III of Scotland
James III (10 July 1451/May 1452 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Ca ...
however, perhaps not aware of the Pope's actions, nominated John Spalding in late 1466 or in 1467; this certainly occurred before 19 November 1467.
Spalding did not become the bishop however, Herspolz being consecrated in the summer or autumn of 1467.
While Dean of Brechin, Spalding had a perpetual appointment as vicarage of the parish church of Dune and of the parish church of Kinel. Spalding's yearly revenues did not exceed thirty pounds sterling for each.
Spalding retained his deanery until 1487, despite being challenged by John Barry from 1477 onwards. On 17 February 1487, Spalding exchanged the deanery of Brechin for the
precentorship of the cathedral with Hugh Douglas; Spalding was said to be 69 years old on this occasion.
[Watt & Murray, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', pp. 60–63.]
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1410s births
Bishops of Dunblane
Roman Catholic deans
Year of death unknown
15th-century Scottish Roman Catholic priests