Thomas Lyell r Lyelwas a

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associated with the diocese of Ross in the late 14th century and early 15th century. After William de Tarbat, Subdean of Ross, was elected

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of Ross, on 1 May 1395, Thomas was provided as William's successor. Thomas however does not seem to have secured the position, losing out to John de Kylwos, a relative of the Bishop of Ross, Alexander de Kylwos. After the death of Alexander de Waghorn, Bishop of Ross, the

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elected Lyell as Waghorn's successor. Lyell was at this stage holding an unnamed

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and

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in the diocese of Ross, the

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in the

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and the chaplaincy of

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, also in Angus in that diocese. His election was overturned by

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on the grounds that he had previously reserved the see for his own appointment; on 9 March 1418, he provided John Bullock instead. On 16 March, Benedict issued a mandate to the

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to pay Lyell 40 gold crowns in compensation for the expenditure that Thomas Lyell had undertaken in order to follow up his failed election, which had involved him travelling to the papal curia at

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. Two days later Benedict granted Thomas a canonry with expectation of a prebend in the

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, which he was allowed to hold alongside his other benefices. On 1 June, Benedict deprived one Thomas de Merton of his canonry and prebend in the

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because he was a "schismatic and adherent of Oddo Colonna calling himself

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", charges which Lyell had made while at Benedict's court; in two mandates to the Abbot of Arbroath, the latter was instructed to give Merton's canonry and prebend to Lyell, which again Lyell was allowed to hold without giving up his other benefices.McGurk (ed.), ''Papal Letters'', pp. 374–5.

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, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) * McGurk, Francis (ed.), ''Calendar of Papal Letters to Scotland of Benedict XIII of Avignon, 1394–1419'', (Edinburgh, 1976) * Watt, D. E. R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyell, Thomas 14th-century births 15th-century deaths Bishops of Ross (Scotland) 15th-century Scottish Roman Catholic priests 14th-century Scottish Roman Catholic priests