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James Bane Bishop of St Andrews Church Roman Catholic Church Diocese St Andrews Appointed 1328 Predecessor William de Lamberton Successor William Bell Previous posts Archdeacon of St Andrews 1325-1328 Orders Consecration 1328 by Bertrand de la Tour Personal details Died (1332-09-22)22 September 1332 Bruges, Flanders

**James Bane** (or **Ben** or **Bennet**) (died 1332) was [Bishop of St. Andrews](/source/Bishop_of_St._Andrews) for a brief period in the early 14th century. In his earlier career, James had been a [canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) of [Aberdeen](/source/Bishop_of_Aberdeen) and [prebendary](/source/Prebendary) of [Cruden](/source/Cruden).

James rose to the position of [Archdeacon](/source/Archdeacon) of St. Andrews, one of the most senior positions within the diocese. He was appointed one of the ambassadors to France along with [Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray](/source/Thomas_Randolph%2C_1st_Earl_of_Moray), [Robert Keith](/source/Robert_II_Keith%2C_Marischal_of_Scotland) the Marischal of Scotland, Adam de Moravia and Walter de Twynham in 1326 to renew the [Auld Alliance](/source/Auld_Alliance) with the signing of the [Treaty of Corbeil (1326)](/source/Treaty_of_Corbeil_(1326)).[1] Ten days after the death of Bishop [William de Lamberton](/source/William_de_Lamberton) in 1328, the [chapter](/source/Chapter_(religion)) held an election to fill the vacancy. James, although absent at the court of [Pope John XXII](/source/Pope_John_XXII) at Avignon, stood against Alexander de Kyninmonth, Archdeacon of [Lothian](/source/Lothian), and won. However, before news of his victory reached Avignon, Pope John, who had previously reserved his right to do so, had already provided James to the see. James was [consecrated](/source/Consecration), sometime in the same year, by [Bertrand de Turre](/source/Bertrand_de_Turre), [Bishop of Frascati](/source/Bishop_of_Frascati).

In the aftermath of the [Battle of Dupplin Moor](/source/Battle_of_Dupplin_Moor) on 12 August 1332, after roughly two years back in Scotland as chief-bishop of the [kingdom](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland), James fled to [Flanders](/source/Flanders). He met his death at [Bruges](/source/Bruges) in the same year. The bishopric then lay vacant for over nine years, due to the turmoil of repeated invasion from England and civil war within Scotland. The [prior](/source/Prior_(ecclesiastical)) and the [chapter](/source/Chapter_(religion)) of the [see](/source/Episcopal_See) had actually chosen a man called William Bell, [dean](/source/Dean_(religion)) of [diocese of Dunkeld](/source/Diocese_of_Dunkeld), but William Bell resigned all rights deriving from the election to [Pope Benedict XII](/source/Pope_Benedict_XII). William Landallis, rector of Kinkel in the diocese of Aberdeen, was appointed to the bishopric by Benedict on 18 February 1342.

## References

### Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Michel, vol. I, p. 55

### Sources

- [Dowden, John](/source/John_Dowden), *The Bishops of Scotland*, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

- [Michel, F.X.](/source/Francisque_Xavier_Michel),*Les Écossais en France, les Français en Écosse*II vols. London 1862.[\[1\]](https://archive.org/details/lescossaisenfr01michuoft) (in French)

Religious titles Preceded by William de Lamberton Bishop of St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn) 1328–1332 Succeeded by William Bell

v t e Bishops and archbishops of St Andrews Known pre-Norman era bishops Cellach I Fothad I Máel Ísu I Cellach II Máel Muire Máel Ísu II Ailín Máel Dúin Túathal Fothad II Giric Cathróe Scoto-Norman era bishops Turgot of Durham Eadmer Robert of Scone Ernald Richard the Chaplain Hugh the Chaplain John Scotus Roger de Beaumont Geoffrey de Liberatione William de Malveisin David de Bernham Robert de Stuteville Abel de Gullane Gamelin William Wishart William Fraser William de Lamberton James Bane William Bell William de Landallis Stephen de Pa Walter Trail Thomas Stewart Walter de Danielston Gilbert de Greenlaw Henry Wardlaw James Kennedy Patrick Graham Pre-Reformation archbishops Patrick Graham William Scheves James Stewart, Duke of Ross Alexander Stewart John Hepburn Cardinal Innocenzo Cybo Andrew Forman James Beaton Cardinal David Beaton John Hamilton Gavin Hamilton Post-Reformation archbishops John Douglas Patrick Adamson George Gledstanes John Spottiswoode James Sharp Alexander Burnet Arthur Rose Afterwards, see also: Episcopal Archbishops of St Andrews, Bishops of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (etc.) & Roman Catholic Archbishops of St Andrews and Edinburgh (etc.)

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