Algemene noot
det. S.Andrews 1513-14, lic. 1515, studied at Paris c1515, abbot of Kinloss 1528 (disp. to marry 1535 as abbot), bp of Orkney 1541, vicar of Gartly, Bruntkirk, Kirkcaldy, subdean Moray, ambassador to England 1533, 1541, 1542, ambass. to France 1535, 1536, succeeded A. Mylne as president of Court of Session c1548, commendator of Beauly 1530, retained Kinloss as Bp., d. Dieppe 1558. Had printed book label as abbot of Kinloss, nephew of Robert Shanwell. Dowden 307