Walter de Bidun († 1178) was a
clerk
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of King
William of Scotland,
Chancellor of Scotland and
Bishop-elect of Dunkeld. Walter was a witness to a charter that granted the mainland properties of
Iona Abbey
Iona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland.
It is one of the oldest Christian religious centres in Western Europe. The abbey was a focal point for the spread of Christianit ...
, then under the rule of the
Lord of the Isles, to the Monks of
Holyrood Abbey. He was elected to the bishopric of Dunkeld in 1178 after the death of the previous bishop,
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
. However, Walter did not live long enough to receive consecration, and in fact he too met his death in the year 1178.
Walter was the son of
Halenald de Bidun
Halenald de Bidun or Halneth de BidunSanders ''English Baronies'' p. 128 was a Breton who held land in England during the reigns of King Henry I and Stephen.
Halenald was from either Bidon or La Ville-Bidon, two locations in the Dol region of Bri ...
, a landowner and minor lord in England.
[Keats-Rohan, p326]
References
Notes
Sources
*Cowan, Samuel, ''The Lord Chancellors of Scotland'' Edinburgh 1911
*
John Dowden, Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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External links
Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops
Lord chancellors of Scotland
Bishops of Dunkeld (non consecrated, titular or doubtful)
12th-century births
1178 deaths
Clerks
12th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops
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