STRATHAUCHIN, Gilbert Canon of Brechin, Aberdeen and Moray, Rector of King's College, 'protonotary apostolic' 1
- Born: About 1470
- Died: Before 1538 2
Another name for Gilbert was STRATHAUCHYN, Gilbert.3
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General Notes:
"William Strathachin, described as 'vicarius perpetuus Beatae Mariae ad nives,' was in 1499, Rector of the University of King's College, Aberdeen. Gilbert Strathauchyn, evidently of the same family, was rector in 1531 (Sinclair's Statistical Account, vol. xxi.). "
from Memorials of the Families of Strachan and Wise (1877)
"The Gilbert Strachan mentioned in 1511 was John Strachan's ('John Strathachin in le Claypottis') brother. His career is well documented: he was vicar of Strathmiglo in 1498, and of Fettercairn in 1527; a canon of the Cathedrals of Brechin, Aberdeen and Moray, and rector of Aberdeen University. He was involved in a number of disputes concerning his preferments, and was attempting in 1530 to compel a debtor to appear before the Pope in Rome 'quilk is ane noveltie and nevir sic thingis was usit of before within this realme . . . and in utir heirschip and distructioune of the pur leigis.' He was dead by 1538. His memory is preserved in the fragmentary remains of the chapel he founded on the south side of St Devenic's Church, Creich."
from Lands and Tower of Claypotts
Note:
Reg. Episc. Brechensis (Bannatyne Club), II, pp. 166 ff., in the above text, names David Seton as the uncle of Gilbert and John Strachan; their grandfather was therefore Sir Gilbert Seton of Parbroath. Cf. Seton, G., Family of Seton, I, pp. 286 ff.
"CREICH (presbytery of Cupar)
By Bull of Benedict VI, 23rd April 1414, the church was annexed to Lindores Abbey, on account of the abbey buildings being ruined and the rents diminished by near ness of the wild (Silvestrium) Scots. The ruins of the old church stand in the church yard, in an isolated part of the parish. A chapel or shrine was founded on the south side of the church by Mr Gilbert Strachen, Canon of Aberdeen and Moray, before 20th Dec. 1538, on which date his nephew, Mr James Strachan, Canon of Aberdeen and Moray, his testamentary executor, granted a charter of certain annual rents to the chaplains at the Altar of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin, and St Andrew, situated in the chapel. A few feet of the walls of the chapel may still be seen. Associated with the church in the 12th century is a chapel, which may be the chapel that existed at Parbroath farm, and the foundations of which are said to have been dug up somewhat more than a century ago."
from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 8)
"Creich Parish Church
Historical Outline
A very substantial new chapel was added to the parish church in 1538. On 20 December that year, confirmed under the Great Seal on 24 December, Master James Strachan, canon of Aberdeen and Moray, executor of the will of his late father Master Gilber Strachan, protonotary of the Apostolic See and also a canon of Aberdeen and Moray, made provision under the terms of his father's will for two chaplains celebrating in a chapel founded by Gilbert on the south side of the church at Creich."
from Corpus of Medieval Parish Churches
Note:
James Strachan is usually regarded as the son of Gilbert's brother John, and therefore his nephew.
Gilbert Strathauchin was a 'protonotary apostolic', a messenger between Scotland and the Church in Rome:
"TO ITALY (ROME) (1506)
Sir Gilbert Strachan
messenger
the choice of James Betoun, as abbot of Dunfermline "
"TO ITALY (ROME) (1508)
Gilbert Strachen
Gilbert Strachen mentioned in Cardinal of St Mark's letter to J4 of 1 Jan as solicitor of Scottish matters "
from Scotland To Italy
"M251: John (Mortimer), 1526, 'of Flemington', had a charter relating to the payment of annual rent to his uncle, Gilbert Strathauchin, canon of Aberdeen and Moray; (extract from the Flemington Charter)."
from www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mortimer/DATUMVI.htm
According to thePeerage.com, based on Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Gilbert Strathauchin held the office of Canon of Aberdeen and had a sister, Janet Strathauchin who married John Moncreiffe, 8th of that Ilk, son of John Moncreiffe, 7th of that Ilk and Beatrix Dundas.
"1529. Mr. Gilbert Strathauchin.
Fasti Aberd. p. Ixxvi., but not in Gordon's MS. "
"1531. Mr. Gilbert Strathauchin.
Signs Dunbar's Confirmation. (O. C, xlviii. 3.) "
from Officers and Graduates of King's College Aberdeen" 2 3 4 5 6 7
Research Notes:
FLEMINGTON
Flemington was in the parish of Aberlemno, close to Forfar. The Mortimers were well established there by 1476, and in the surrounding area.
"Prothonotary Apostolic
A member of the highest college of prelates in the Roman Curia, and also of the honorary prelates on whom the pope has conferred this title and its special privileges."
from Catholic Encylopaedia 8 9
Noted events in his life were:
1. Served as: Vicar, 1498, of Strathmiglo parish, Fife, Scotland. 10
2. Appointed: Commendator, 1504, Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. 11
3. Served as: Rector, 1526, of Belhelvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 12 "As with most historical documentation, it is kirk records which afford us most of the information we have on medieval Belhelvie. The parson of Belhelvie became a prebend of Aberdeen cathedral when Richard Pottocht appointed him as such in 1256. This meant that a prebend's manse was built near the Bishop's Palace in Old Aberdeen, opposite the main entrance to the churchyard where the principal of Aberdeen University is now housed. It was built by George Seton, parson of Belhelvie, whose coat of arms was displayed in the wall. When Aberdeen was burned by English troops during the wars of the reign of King Robert I (Robert the Bruce, 1306-1329), the bishop's palace and all the prebend's houses were destroyed. Walter Sury, who served as prebendary in 1321, would have lived through this event. Bishop Spence ensured that the palace and associated manses were all rebuilt. Nothing more is mentioned of Belhelvie until Alexander Lindsay was listed as a rector of Belhelvie who died in 1493. Similarly, mention is made of Gilbert Strachan in 1526 and James Allasone in 1547, but unfortunately all we know of these men is their names and years of service."
from Belhelvie History - Kirks
4. Confirmed: Vicar, 7 July 1527, of Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 3 10
5. Rector, 1529-1531, King's College, Aberdeen.
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