Sir William Erskine, Parson of Campsie

SIR WILLIAM ERSKINE

Parson of Campsie; Commendator of Paisley; Titular Bishop of Glasgow

The See of Glasgow . . . . . William Erskine, 1585.] — After Archbishop Montgomery's surrender, the king gave the revenue and the title to Mr William Erskine, parson of Campsey, and commendator of Paisley, which he had gotten after the forfeiture of Lord Claud Hamilton, anno 1585. This Mr Erskine was never in orders, and a titular bishop only. In less than two years, viz. in the year 1587, the king took away the archbishopric from Mr Erskine, and gave it to Waiter commendator of Blantyre, . . . . . Scottish Bishops: 262

Unattributed Biographical Summary

"Sir William Alexander son of Alexander Alexander and Mariam, Earl of Stirling, born 1567, married to Janet Erskine in 1601 dau of Sir Wm Erskine who goes back to Sir Wm de Erskine faithful adherent to Robert de Bruce and knighted in 1329.Sir Robt De Erskine appt. by David II, as keeper and Capt of Stirling Castle 1346 d. 1385.He died impoverished in 1640 in London , buried in High Church of Sterling, Scotland."

Printed Evidence

An Historical Catalogue of Scottish Bishops Down to the Year 1688: By The Right Reverend Robert Keith. Also An Account of All the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the Time of the Reformation: By John Spottiswoode. A New Edition, Collected and Continued to the Present Time; with a Life of the Author: By The Rev. M. Russel. LL.D. (Edinburgh, 1824), 576 pp. including index

Genealogy

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