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. He was the son of Geoffrey de Rotyngton ( Ruddington),''The Bishops of Scotland'' by John Dowden, publ. 1912, page 199
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. By 1255, he was Dean of Dunblane, probably brought in by Bishop Clement. He held a

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in the bishopric of Glasgow and in the bishopric of Dunkeld, which later got him in trouble with Pope Urban IV. He was bishop-elect of Dunblane by 2 January 1259. His consecration was delayed because he was in

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attempting to gain the more prestigious bishopric of Glasgow by opposing the election of

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. In this he evidently failed, and was consecrated as Bishop of Dunblane sometime between 22 August 1259 and 1 September 1260. Although Robert spent a lot of time in England, he tried to continue the attempts of his predecessor Clement to reinvigorate the bishopric of Dunblane. He attended the

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in 1274. He was once appointed a

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in 1275, and twice served as an ambassador for King Alexander III of Scotland in

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(both in 1279). Robert was alive on 5 February 1284, but was dead by 18 December. He was succeeded by

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, Abbot of Arbroath.

References

* Cockburn, James Hutchison, ''The Medieval Bishops of Dunblane and Their Church'', (Edinburgh, 1959) * Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) * Watt, D. E. R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969) ;Specific 1284 deaths Bishops of Dunblane People from Ruddington 13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub