Matthew de Glendonwyn (modern spelling Glendinning)(died 10 May 1408) was a late 14th and early 15th century bishop of Glasgow. He was elected to the

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after the death of Cardinal Walter Wardlaw, his predecessor as bishop. He was elected sometime between Wardlaw's death in September and Matthew's first appearance as bishop-elect in December. Matthew was consecrated some months after his election, either in late 1387 or early 1388. Matthew was a witness to charters of kings Robert II and Robert III, an occasional ambassador of the Scottish crown to

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, and a frequent arbiter in disputes concerning various religious establishments. On 21 May 1401, he introduced a tax in his diocese to improve the deficient ''ornamenta'' of the diocese (i.e. chasubles, copes,

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s, etc.). According to the ''Martyrology of Glasgow'', he died on 10 May 1408.

References

* Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) {{DEFAULTSORT:Glendonwyn, Matthew de 14th-century births 1408 deaths Bishops of Glasgow 14th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops 15th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops