James Bane (or Ben or Bennet) (died 1332) was Bishop of St. Andrews for a brief period in the early 14th century. In his earlier career, James had been a

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and

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of Cruden. James rose to the position of

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of St. Andrews, one of the most senior positions within the diocese. He was appointed one of the ambassadors to France along with

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, Robert Keith the Marischal of Scotland, Adam de Moravia and Walter de Twynham in 1326 to renew the

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with the signing of the

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.Michel, vol. I, p. 55 Ten days after the death of Bishop

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in 1328, the

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held an election to fill the vacancy. James, although absent at the court of

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at Avignon, stood against Alexander de Kyninmonth, Archdeacon of

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, and won. However, before news of his victory reached Avignon, Pope John, who had previously reserved his right to do so, had already provided James to the see. James was

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, sometime in the same year, by

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. In the aftermath of the

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on 12 August 1332, after roughly two years back in Scotland as chief-bishop of the kingdom, James fled to

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. He met his death at

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in the same year. The bishopric then lay vacant for over nine years, due to the turmoil of repeated invasion from England and civil war within Scotland. The

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and the

of the see had actually chosen a man called William Bell,

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, but William Bell resigned all rights deriving from the election to

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. William Landallis, rector of Kinkel in the diocese of Aberdeen, was appointed to the bishopric by Benedict on 18 February 1342.

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Dowden, John John Dowden /d͡ʒɒn ˈdaʊdən/ (29 June 1840 – 30 January 1910) was an Irish-born bishop and ecclesiastical historian. He served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Edinburgh. Life He was born in Cork on 29 June 1840, ...

, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) * Michel, F.X.,''Les Écossais en France, les Français en Écosse''II vols. London 186

(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bane, James 13th-century births 1332 deaths Bishops of St Andrews 14th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops