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WARDLAW, Walter Bishop of Glasgow, Cardinal
(About 1325-1387) |
WARDLAW, Walter Bishop of Glasgow, Cardinal 1User ID: C653. General Notes: "Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torry, knight, living in the beginning of the 14th century, married a niece of Walter, lord-high-steward of Scotland, and, with two daughters, had two sons, Sir Andrew, his successor, and Walter, Cardinal Wardlaw, bishop of Glasgow from 1367 to 1387, and ambassador to England in 1368, and to France in 1374. He compiled a genealogical account of the Wardlaws, from their first coming from Saxony into England about the beginning of the sixth century to his own time, a copy of which was in the Royal library of France until the Revolution. He was buried in Glasgow cathedral, and his arms and name were placed near the middle of the choir, on the right hand of the high altar." |
1 Internet Site, https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/wardlaw.htm The Scottish Nation, Wardlaw.
2 Internet Site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wardlaw.
3 Internet Site, https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwardlaw.html.
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