Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . hof his Administration, heis designed James, Arch-bishop of St. Andrews, Dukeof Ross, Marquis of Orm-ond, Earl of Ardmenach,Lord of Brechin and Nevar,Perpetual Commendator ofthe Monastery of Dunferm-line, and Chancellor of theKingdom of record of his Consecra-tion remains, nor is the factalluded to by the Historiansof the period. It is perhapsa presumption against hisever having been Conse-crated, that he Dates aCharter by the year of hisMetropolitan government,and not of his Consecra-tion. [Grubs Hist., vol. i.,p. 395.] If he performedEpisco
Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . hof his Administration, heis designed James, Arch-bishop of St. Andrews, Dukeof Ross, Marquis of Orm-ond, Earl of Ardmenach,Lord of Brechin and Nevar,Perpetual Commendator ofthe Monastery of Dunferm-line, and Chancellor of theKingdom of record of his Consecra-tion remains, nor is the factalluded to by the Historiansof the period. It is perhapsa presumption against hisever having been Conse-crated, that he Dates aCharter by the year of hisMetropolitan government,and not of his Consecra-tion. [Grubs Hist., vol. i.,p. 395.] If he performedEpiscopal and Sacerdotalacts without Ordination,the latter mockery was far but the niches, pillars, and crockets are much Worse than the Papal Con-richer. Below is a Shield bearing the Hon, with firmation of his uncanoni-a coronet above. \St. Andrews University. ?, -kT • .. , ,, ™ cal JNommation to the See. These observations also apply to his Successor, Alexander Stuart. Abbot Shaw, of Paisley, was this Princes tutor, who seems. S. JA. ARCHIEPF. SCI ANDR. TOTIUS SCOTIE PJIATSE. AP. LEGATI DUCIS ROSSIE SCE. CRUC. COMEDAT. JAMES STUAET. 237 to have given him a taste for the Church; for, when it was pro-posed to contract a Marriage between him and Lady Catherine,daughter of Edward IV. of England, he signified his determina-tion to enter into Holy Orders. On the Death of Schevez, hewas immediately nominated to the Primacy, though not morethan 21 years of age—the Pope dispensing, in his favour, withthe Canons which relate to the age of obtaining such high prefer-ment. After his nomination, he set out on a journey to Kome,to receive Confirmation and Investiture from Pope Alexander VI.;and, when he passed through England, on his way thither, heobtained a very complimentary Safe-Conduct and reception from his Royal kinsman,Henry VII., who callshim reverendissimusin Christo, ac procar-issimus consanguineusnoster; and alludes tothe purity of his life andmanners, and his otheremin
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