James Hay (bishop)

James Hay O. Cist. (died 1538) was a Cistercian abbot and bishop important in the early 16th century Kingdom of Scotland. At some stage in his life he achieved a doctorate in decrees (i.e. canon law), enabling him to be styled D. D..[1]

James Hay
Bishop of Ross
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Ross
In office1523–1538
PredecessorRobert Cockburn
SuccessorRobert Cairncross
Orders
Consecrationafter 25 February 1525
Personal details
Bornunknown
unknown
Died1538
Previous postAbbot of Dundrennan (1516–1538)

After the death of Edward Story, Abbot of Dundrennan, on 28 November 1516, Hay was provided to the now vacant abbacy; he became abbot sometime between 2 June and 9 August 1517.[2]

In 1523, following the death of Robert Cockburn, Bishop of Ross, the regent John Stewart, Duke of Albany, nominated Hay to become the new bishop there, a nomination which seems to have been accepted by Pope Adrian VI before the latter died on 14 September 1523.[3]

It was not, however, until 16 September 1524, that the temporalities of the bishopric of Ross were given into Hay's possession, and he had still not received consecration by 25 February 1525.[4]

Among the few things known of his episcopate, Hay was one of the commissioners who held parliament on 11 March 1538; one William of Johnstoun was convicted of heresy in Hay's court in April of the same year.[5] Hay appears to have died in this year, by 3 October at the latest.[3] He was succeeded by Robert Cairncross.[6]

Notes
  1. Dowden, Bishops, p. 225.
  2. Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 66.
  3. Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 270.
  4. Dowden, Bishops, p. 224; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 270.
  5. Dowden, Bishops, p. 225, & n. 2.
  6. Dowden, Bishops, p. 225; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 270.
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References
  • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
  • Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
  • Watt, D. E. R. & Shead, N. F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Edward Story		 Abbot of Dundrennan
1516–1524		 Succeeded by
John Maxwell
Preceded by
Robert Cockburn		 Bishop of Ross
1523–1538		 Succeeded by
Robert Cairncross


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