Walter de Danielston

{{Short description|Scottish religious figure}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} '''Walter de Danielston''' ['''Danyelston'''] (died 1402) was an early 15th-century [[Bishop of St. Andrews|bishop-elect of St. Andrews]]. Walter first appears on record in 1392 as a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of the [[Bishop of Aberdeen|Bishopric of Aberdeen]], studying [[Civil law (common law)|civil law]] at [[Avignon]]. By 1394, [[Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox]] had presented him with control of the hospice of the poor at a place called "Poknade". By the beginning of the 15th century Walter's involvement in Lennox facilitated his role as the [[castellan]] of [[Dumbarton]]. In either 1397 or 1398, Walter seized the castle after the death of his brother Robert. It was the latter position that opened up the bishopric for him. He was postulated as Bishop of St. Andrews in 1402 at the insistence of [[Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany]], who had promised him the position in return for handing over the castle. After a meeting between Albany and [[Thomas Stewart (bishop of St Andrews)|Thomas Stewart]], the contemporary bishop-elect in the summer of 1402, Thomas renounced his rights as bishop and allowed a new "election" to take place. Walter was thereby elected as bishop. However, the election came to nothing, as Walter died without confirmation that very same [[Christmas]].

==References== *[[Steve Boardman (historian)|Boardman, Stephen]], ''The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406'', (East Linton, 1996) *[[John Dowden|Dowden, John]], ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

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