Individual Details

Bishop John "of Moray" Innes

(Abt 1366 - 25 Apr 1414)

[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Leslie Family Worklist]]
[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Brechin Family Worklist]]
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== Biography ==
}:Canon of the Cathedral of Moray 1389.[[#Forbes|Forbes]]: [https://archive.org/details/aneaccountoffami00spal/page/68 Pages 65]
:Prebendary of Duffus 1395.[[#Forbes|Forbes]]: [https://archive.org/details/aneaccountoffami00spal/page/68 Pages 65]
:Archdeacon of Caithness 1396.[[#Forbes|Forbes]]: [https://archive.org/details/aneaccountoffami00spal/page/68 Pages 65]
:Studied Canon Law at the University of Paris.[[#Forbes|Forbes]]: [https://archive.org/details/aneaccountoffami00spal/page/68 Pages 65]
:Dean of Ross.[[#Dowden|Dowden]]: [https://archive.org/details/bishopsofscotlan00dowdrich/page/156 page 157]
:Bishop of Moray 1406.[[#Forbes|Forbes]]: [https://archive.org/details/aneaccountoffami00spal/page/68 Pages 65]
:Contributed to the rebuilding of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Cathedral Elgin Cathedral] after its destruction by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stewart,_Earl_of_Buchan Wolf of Badenoch] in 1390. "Bishop Innes laid the foundation of the Great Steeple in the middle of the church, and greatly advanced it."[[#Shaw|Shaw]]: [https://archive.org/details/historyprovince01shawgoog/page/n292 Vol 3 Page 280]
:Died 25 April 1414.[[#RBM|RBM]]: [https://archive.org/details/registrumepiscop00bann/page/360 Page 360][[#Forbes|Forbes]]: [https://archive.org/details/aneaccountoffami00spal/page/68 Pages 65]

== Research Notes ==
:Note: MacFarlane contains a mention of John Innes, Bishop of Moray transferring a life interest in the Barony of Moy to Donald Balloch in 1437.[[#MacFarlane|MacFarlane]]: [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalcoll01macf/page/188 Vol 1, page 189] The Bishop of Moray in 1437 was however John de Winchester.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Moray
:Early editions of Burkes Peerage state erroneously that John was Bishop for 37 years until 1444.

== Sources ==
* Dowden, John. ''[[Space:The Bishops of Scotland|The Bishops of Scotland]]'' (James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow, 1912)* Forbes, Duncan of Culloden. ''[[Space:Ane_Account_of_the_Familie_of_Innes|Ane Account of the Familie of Innes]]'' (The Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1864)* Innes, Thomas Lorne. ''[[Space:The_Innes_Database|The Innes Database]]'' (The Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society, 2017)* Innes-Smith, Robert. ''[[Space:House of Innes|The House of Innes]]'' (Innes-Smith, Derby, 1997)* MacFarlane, Walter. ''[[Space:Genealogical_Collections|Genealogical Collections]]'' (The Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900)* ''[[Space:Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis|The Register of the Bishopric of Moray]]'' (The Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1837)* Shaw, Lachlan. ''[[Space:The_History_of_the_Province_of_Moray|The History of the Province of Moray]]'' (Hamilton, Adams and Co London and Thomas D Morison Glasgow, 1882)

See also:
* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:John_de_Innes|John de Innes]]

    Events

    BirthAbt 1366
    Death25 Apr 1414Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
    Reference No24131669
    Reference No26391511
    Reference No60

    Families

    FatherSir Robert "8th of that ilk" Innes (1335 - )
    MotherChristian Barclay (1345 - )
    SiblingSir Alexander "9th of that ilk" Innes (1367 - 1412)
    SiblingSir Walter Innes (1365 - )
    SiblingGeorge Innes (1368 - )