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George Crichton (bishop)

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It is not clear whether John Hamilton or Robert Crichton directly succeeded George Crichton; elections were often disputed and most dates provided for the Bishopric of Dunkeld overlap.
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and rediscovered in 1750. He is not remembered as an especially pious Bishop, and it has been said of him "He is said to have thanked God that he knew neither New nor Old Testaments".
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He was abbot of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh from at least 1515, succeeding Robert Bellenden. In Edinburgh, he founded the hospital of St Thomas, close to the Water Gate on the
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during an English attack on Edinburgh in 1544. It was buried in St Albans during the
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around 1530. He it turn presented to Holyrood Abbey, from whence it was looted by
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indicate non consecrated, titular or doubtful bishops
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Index

Holyrood Abbey
Bishop of Dunkeld
Royal Mile
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Holyrood Abbey
Dunkeld Abbey
Dunkeld Lectern
Pope Alexander VI
Sir Richard Lee
English Civil War
Robert Crichton

Crichton family history
Dunkeld Bishopric
George, Abbot of Holyrood
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Robert Colvill
Robert Cockburn
Bishop of Dunkeld
Robert Crichton
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Bishops of Dunkeld
TĂșathal
Flaithbertach
DĂșnchad
CrĂ­nĂĄn
Ethelred
Cormac

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