# Walter de Danielston

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Scottish religious figure

**Walter de Danielston** [**Danyelston**] (died 1402) was an early 15th-century [bishop-elect of St. Andrews](/source/Bishop_of_St._Andrews). Walter first appears on record in 1392 as a [licentiate](/source/Licentiate_(degree)) [canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) of the [Bishopric of Aberdeen](/source/Bishop_of_Aberdeen), studying [civil law](/source/Civil_law_(common_law)) at [Avignon](/source/Avignon). By 1394, [Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox](/source/Donnchadh%2C_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](/source/Castellan) of [Dumbarton](/source/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](/source/Robert_Stewart%2C_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](/source/Thomas_Stewart_(bishop_of_St_Andrews)), 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](/source/Christmas).

## References

- [Boardman, Stephen](/source/Steve_Boardman_(historian)), *The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406*, (East Linton, 1996)

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

Religious titles Preceded by Walter Trail (consecrated) Thomas Stewart (unconsecrated) Bishop of St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn) 1402 elect only Succeeded by Gilbert Greenlaw (unconsecrated) Henry Wardlaw (consecrated)

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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