William (bishop of the Isles)
William | |
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.jpg) William's name as it appears on folio 50v of British Library Cotton Julius A VII (the Chronicle of Mann): "Willelmus".[1] | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Predecessor | Roolwer |
| Successor | Hamond |
William (died ×1095) was an eleventh-century ecclesiast. He is the second named bishop of a jurisdiction which later became the Diocese of the Isles.
William is the second named bishop recorded by the thirteenth- to fourteenth-century Chronicle of Mann. According to this source, he was the successor to Roolwer, the first named bishop.[2] The chronicle reveals that William served at his post during the reign of Gofraid Crobán, King of Dublin and the Isles.[3] William's Anglo-Norman or French name may cast light on his origins, and may in turn reveal Gofraid Crobán's links with the wider Anglo-Norman world.[4] Indeed, such connections would seem to parallel those between the Dublin and the Archbishop of Canterbury, forged by Gofraid Crobán's contemporaries in Dublin, Toirdelbach Ua Briain, King of Munster and Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill, King of Dublin.[5] Whatever the case, William appears to have died in or before 1095, as the chronicle states that he was succeeded, during Godred's lifetime, by a Manxman named Hamond, son of "Iole".[6]
Citations[edit]
- ^ Munch; Goss (1874) p. 114; Cotton MS Julius A VII (n.d.).
- ^ Woolf (2003) pp. 172–173; Anderson (1922) pp. 95–96 n. 1; Munch; Goss (1874) pp. 114–115.
- ^ Woolf (2003) pp. 171–1732 Anderson (1922) pp. 95–96 n. 1; Munch; Goss (1874) pp. 114–115.
- ^ Woolf (2003) p. 171; Watt (1994) p. 110.
- ^ Watt (1994) p. 110.
- ^ Woolf (2003) p. 172; Watt (1994) p. 110; Anderson (1922) pp. 95–96 n. 1; Munch; Goss (1874a) pp. 114–115.
References[edit]
Primary sources[edit]
- Anderson, AO, ed. (1922). Early Sources of Scottish History, A.D. 500 to 1286. Vol. 2. London: Oliver and Boyd – via Internet Archive.
- "Cotton MS Julius A VII". British Library. n.d. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- Munch, PA; Goss, A, eds. (1874). Chronica Regvm Manniæ et Insvlarvm: The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys. Vol. 1. Douglas, IM: Manx Society – via Internet Archive.
Secondary sources[edit]
- Watt, DER (1994). "Bishops in the Isles Before 1203: Bibliography and Biographical Lists". The Innes Review. 45 (2): 99–119. doi:10.3366/inr.1994.45.2.99. eISSN 1745-5219. ISSN 0020-157X.
- Woolf, A (2003). "The Diocese of the Sudreyar". In Imsen, S (ed.). Ecclesia Nidrosiensis, 1153–1537: Søkelys på Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens Historie. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. pp. 171–181. ISBN 978-82-519-1873-2 – via Academia.edu.