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Maurice of Inchaffray

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on his behalf. Maurice was in England with a grant of safe-conduct in January 1313, probably on a mission to attempt to make peace between the two kings. At the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Maurice was the chaplain of the Scottish army and gave an encouraging speech and blessing to the Scottish
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in 1305. Robert I's first recorded act as king involved Abbot Maurice, who was given a "credence" (like empowering a
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had also been elected by the chapter; both of these men were overlooked by the Pope in Maurice's favour.
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His later career is largely unrecorded. He died in the 1340s, definitely before 23 October 1347, when
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Maurice has achieved some popular fame because of his role as an early supporter of King
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Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man
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Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man
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between March 1304 and October 1305. As Abbot of Inchaffray, he held a
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soldiers. According to a legendary account found in the writings of
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before 23 March 1322, after litigation at the Papal court. King
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Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
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Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
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Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638
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Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638
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He became abbot of 259: 246: 233: 220: 207: 194: 182: 169: 1: 276: 748:Medieval Gaels from Scotland 267:Medieval Bishops of Dunblane 7: 230:, (Edinburgh, 1988), p. 60. 10: 784: 200:James Hutchison Cockburn, 718: 676: 616: 609: 446: 397: 395:1319 x 1322–x 1347 388: 380: 372: 363: 357: 349: 340: 334: 329: 300:Cockburn, James Hutchison 610:Post-Reformation Bishops 162: 447:Pre-Reformation Bishops 370:1303 x 1305–1322 243:, (Stroud, 2004), p. 9. 119:and as chaplain at the 179:, (London, 1976), 108. 37: 26: 538:William de Cambuslang 533:Maurice of Inchaffray 521:Richard de Pontefract 480:Radulf (bishop-elect) 475:Abraham of Strathearn 401:William de Cambuslang 157:William de Cambuslang 121:Battle of Bannockburn 110:Roger de Ballinbreich 106:Richard de Pontefract 24: 558:Fionnlagh MacCailein 511:Nicholas of Arbroath 470:Jonathan of Dunblane 460:Laurence of Dunblane 117:Robert I of Scotland 102:Edward II of England 743:Bishops of Dunblane 527:Roger de Balnebrich 516:Nicholas de Balmyle 506:Alpín of Strathearn 491:Clement of Dunblane 440:Bishops of Dunblane 384:Nicholas de Balmyle 366:Abbot of Inchaffray 343:Prior of Inchmahome 306:, (Edinburgh, 1959) 289:, (Edinburgh, 1988) 94:Nicholas de Balmyle 50:Abbot of Inchaffray 46:Prior of Inchmahome 678:Scottish Episcopal 618:Church of Scotland 543:Walter de Coventre 496:Robert de Prebenda 486:Osbert of Dunblane 391:Bishop of Dunblane 226:G. 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Index


Scottish Gaelic
Prior of Inchmahome
Abbot of Inchaffray
Bishop of Dunblane
Prior
Inchmahome Priory
Menteith
Inchaffray Abbey
Strathearn
canonry
Dunblane
precentorship
Dunblane Cathedral
Nicholas de Balmyle
see
Edward II of England
Richard de Pontefract
Roger de Ballinbreich
Robert I of Scotland
Battle of Bannockburn
Battle of Methven
Plenipotentiary
Power of Attorney
Maol Íosa III, Earl of Strathearn
Hector Boece
reliquary
St Fillan
William de Cambuslang
Barrow, G. W. S.

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