medieval-atlas/the-church/379

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Courts spiritual The church in pre-Reformation Scotland exercised jurisdiction over might also delegate the whole or part of their jurisdiction to comalmost every aspect of human affairs; and the ecclesiastical or spirmissaries. In the diocese of Dunkeld the five parishes south of the itual courts were among the most important in the land. The bishop Forth were the territory of the commissary 'south of Forth.' There and other ecclesiastical office-holders had jurisdiction as part of were also commissaries of peculiar jurisdictions which pertained to their office. The bishop seldom exercised his jurisdiction in person an institution like Kelso Abbey, Lesmahagow, or to a cathedral prebbut generally delegated it to a judge known as the official, who had end. This explains, to some extent, the number of commissariats power over the whole or a territorially limited part of the diocese. within the diocese of Glasgow, such as Hamilton, Kilbride, Campsie, Thus, in the diocese of St Andrews there was in addition to the Camwath, Manor, Stobo, Cardross, Douglas, Renfrew. official of St Andrews an official of Lothian. Sometimes the bishop chose to grant jurisdiction to a commissary whose commission could ~ ~ be coextensive with the diocese or territorially limited. Officials Q:j ~{!!J . r;;c!Jv~ ~Orkney C?'-1461 \1J ~Kirkwall Shetland 1545 Caithness 1398 ~moch Ross 1451 Moray 1233 Aberdeen + Aberdeen 1175 x 1199 Brechin 1202 x 1214 Dunkeld Brechin+ 1203 x 1210 +Dunkeld c?P~ ~more Mit1l1422) Is es or ~Argyll1240 StAndrews Sodor 1235x41 Q j;:tJ Dunblane --.r1~ 1266 ~St~A~n~d,,--,reTw~s 1194 .J( tJ Loclawe) Stirling J Cowall41O' Chapel Royal "0\"\'" + 1511 Lothian l392 Bute Glasgow() '\ Glasgow 1175x1189 & Arran Dumfries 1494 Galloway 1209x1222 Parines & Rhinns 1552 ~""~hithom Qn1219 Orkney Officials with jurisdiction coextensive with the diocese Shetland Officials with territorially limited jurisdiction + Episcopal sees kms 0 25 50 75 100 1219 Date of first known evidence for the I office 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Pre-Reformation officials DBS 379

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