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| − | |image = [[Image:WalterdeCoventName.jpg|300px]] <br><small>Walter's name as written on a [[charter]] of 1365:<br>([[History of the Latin case system|dative]]) ''domino Waltero dei Gracia Episcopo Dunblanensi''</small><br><small>"Lord Walter, by God's grace, Bishop of Dunblane"</small>
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| − | |Title = [[Bishop of Dunblane]]
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| − | '''Walter de Coventre''' (died 1371 or 1372) was a 14th-century [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Ecclesiology|ecclesiastic]]. There is no direct evidence of his birthdate, his family, or his family's origin, although he may have come from the region around [[Abernethy, Perth and Kinross|Abernethy]] (in modern-day [[Perth and Kinross]]), where a family with the name de Coventre is known to have lived. Walter appeared in the records for the first time in the 1330s, as a student at the [[University of Paris]]. From there he went on to the [[University of Orléans]], initially as a student before becoming a lecturer there. He studied [[the arts]], [[Civil law (common law)|civil law]] and [[canon law]], and was awarded many [[university degree]]s, including two [[doctorate]]s. His studies were paid for, at least partially, by his [[benefice]]s in Scotland. Despite holding perhaps more than five benefices at one stage, he did not return to Scotland until the late 1350s.
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| − | Following his return to Scotland, Walter soon became [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Aberdeen Cathedral]]. From there he became engaged in high-level ecclesiastical affairs with the Scottish church and political affairs with [[Domhnall II, Earl of Mar|the Earl of Mar]]. Sometime before June 1361, the [[cathedral chapter]] of [[Dunblane]] elected him [[Bishop of Dunblane]]. He went to [[France]] to secure confirmation from the Pope at [[Avignon]], who authorised his [[consecration]]. Walter was bishop for 10 years after returning home to Scotland. Records of his episcopate are thin, but there are enough to allow a modest reconstruction of his activities: he presided over legal disputes, issued a dispensation for an important irregular marriage, attended parliaments, and acted as an envoy of the Scottish crown in England. He died in either 1371 or 1372.
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| − | [[Image:David II of Scotland.jpg|thumb|Portrait of David II, king of the Scots for most of Walter's life]]
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| − | Walter de Coventre was typical of a new class of men in 14th-century Scotland, the university-educated career cleric from the lower nobility.<ref>Grant, ''Independence and Nationhood'', pp. 96–7.</ref> Such men often acquired university education through their family resources, through the patronage of more substantial nobles, or through church influence, particularly support from the [[pope]] and his court.<ref>Brown, ''Black Douglases'', p. 195.</ref> Patronage gave access to the resources needed to finance the considerable expense of a 14th-century university education, particularly through the presentation of [[benefice]]s, gifts of land or income made by the church.<ref>Barrell, "Papal Provisions", p. 218; Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', pp. 104–5; Grant, ''Independence and Nationhood'', p. 97.</ref>
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| − | Scotland had no universities in de Coventre's time, requiring travel either to [[England]] or [[Continental Europe]] to acquire a university education. Continental Europe, particularly [[France]], was the favoured destination, partly because of bad relations between Scotland and England.<ref>Brown & Boardman, "Survival and Revival", p. 91.</ref> After their university education, some Scottish graduates chose to remain abroad and teach at a foreign university or to serve the papacy; most returned to Scotland and offered their services to the king, a magnate, or an ecclesiastical institution.<ref>See Watt, ''Dictionary'', ''passim'', for details and individual examples.</ref> The ultimate reward for such services was a bishopric, which brought wealth, prestige, and a "job for life".<ref>A detailed survey, although regarding 12th- and 13th-century England, but still relevant, can be found in Bartlett, ''England under the Norman and Angevin Kings'', pp. 377–412.</ref>
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| − | Walter de Coventre's life is not well documented. There are no biographies, and no histories or chronicles devote any space to him. His activities can be traced only through a small number of incidental references in legal deeds, church documents and papal records.<ref>See sources listed in Watt, ''Dictionary'', pp. 114–5.</ref> No modern historian has written a monograph about him, and the most extensive attempt to reconstruct his life in modern literature is a two-page entry in {{nowrap|[[D. E. R. Watt|D. E. R. Watt's]]}} ''Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A.D. 1410'' (1977).<ref>Watt, ''Dictionary'', pp. 114–5.</ref> [[James Hutchison Cockburn]], in his ''Medieval Bishop of Dunblane and their Church'' (1959) devoted seven less extensively sourced pages, but they emphasized the analysis of a few events during de Coventre's episcopate, and the events of his time.<ref>Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', pp. 104–11.</ref>
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| − | During most of de Coventre's recorded lifetime Scotland was ruled by King [[David II of Scotland|David II]]. Coming to the throne at age five, King David was driven into exile in France at the age of ten. In the 1330s, civil war raged in Scotland as those loyal to David fought [[Edward Balliol]] and his English backers.<ref name=Webster>Webster, "David II".</ref> In some sense, the conflict became a side-show of the [[Hundred Years' War]], and David resided at [[Château Gaillard]] in northern France for much of his exile, until he could return to Scotland in 1341.<ref name=Webster/> In 1346, in response to a plea from France to come to its aid, David led an army into England only to be taken prisoner at [[Battle of Neville's Cross|Neville's Cross]]; he remained in captivity until he was ransomed in 1357.<Ref>Oram, ''Kings and Queens'' pp. 118, 120.</ref> David's exile in France corresponded with Walter's own period in that country, prompting one historian to suggest that Walter was part of David's court while both were in northern France, and that Walter subsequently benefited from the relationship.<ref>Penman, ''David II'', p. 53.</ref>
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| − | James Hutchison Cockburn, a historian of Dunblane's medieval bishops, assumed that Walter's surname derived from the town of [[Coventry]] in England.<ref>Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', p. 105.</ref> D. E. R. Watt has suggested that the medieval settlement of ''Coventre'' or ''Covintrie'' near [[Abernethy, Perth and Kinross|Abernethy]] in the [[diocese of Dunblane]] was the origin of the name.<ref>Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 114; see also Cowan, ''Parishes'', p. 3.</ref>
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| − | There is no direct evidence of de Coventre's family, but two other men bearing the name "de Coventre" are known to have been active during Walter's lifetime. A "John de Coventre" is found registered as a student at the [[University of Paris]] on 21 January 1331. Before December 1341, when he resigned, John de Coventre held the [[parish church]] of [[Inverarity]], [[Angus]], in the [[diocese of St Andrews]].<ref>Watt, ''Dictionary'', pp. 113–4.</ref> On 7 December 1345, a William de Coventre, also from the diocese of Dunblane, held a [[canonry]] and [[prebend]]s (a cathedral priesthood with stipends) in the [[diocese of Ross]] and the [[Collegiate Church]] of Abernethy, when he was granted the church of Inverarity that had previously been held by John de Coventre. William thus appears to have succeeded John (and later Walter succeeded William) to all of these benefices.<ref name=Watt-114>Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 114; the Ross and Abernethy benefices are uncertain because they are not known by name, but the unique combination cannot very likely be down to coincidence.</ref>
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| − | Watt suggested that all three were brothers, John the first-born, William the second-born, and Walter the youngest of the three.<ref>Watt, ''Dictionary'', pp. 113, 114, 115.</ref> He further suggested that the family was probably closely connected to Margaret de Abernethy, heiress of the [[Lord of Abernethy|old lay abbots and lords of Abernethy]].<ref name=Watt-114/> Margaret had patronage over both the church of Abernethy and, as probable owner of the barony of Inverarity, the church there.<ref>Watt, ''Dictionary'', pp. 114, 115.</ref>
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| − | | style="text-align: left;" |By Lent, 1333: Bachelor in the Arts
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| − | | style="text-align: left;" |Between 1333 and 1335: Licentiate in the Arts
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| − | | style="text-align: left;" |Between 1333 and 1345: Master in the Arts
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| − | | style="text-align: left;" |Between 1337 and 1345: Licentiate in Civil Law
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| − | | style="text-align: left;" |By October 1349: Doctor in Civil Law
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| − | De Coventre received a [[B. A.]] under [[John de Waltirstone]] from the University of Paris by [[Lent]], 1333.<ref>Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', p. 105; Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 204, n. 2; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 114.</ref> Although he had probably completed a Licentiate in [[the Arts]] and an [[Master of Arts (Scotland)|Master of Arts]] by 1335, because of gaps in the Paris records it is not certain that he was a Master until April 1345.<ref name=Watt-114/>
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| − | He moved on to study [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] at the [[University of Orléans]], and by 24 March 1337, he was serving as the [[proctor]] of the Scottish [[Nation (university corporation)|Nation]] in Orléans.<ref name=Watt-114/> By 7 December 1345, he had received a Licentiate in Civil Law.<ref name=Watt114-Dowden204>Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 204, n. 2; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 114.</ref> On 20 December 1348 he was at [[Avignon]] as an envoy of his university, and while there he obtained a grace regarding his own benefice holding from [[Pope Clement VI]].<ref name=Watt-114/> On 7 October 1349, Pope Clement granted an [[indult]] to Walter allowing him to be absent from his [[Cure (religion)|cure]] while he continued his studies at Orléans.<ref>Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', p. 105; Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 204, n. 2; Watt, ''Dictionary'', pp. 114, 115.</ref>
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| − | Walter's first known benefices were a canonry (with prebend) in the Collegiate Church of [[Abernethy, Perth and Kinross|Abernethy]] and a prebend in the [[diocese of Ross]], northern Scotland, which he was holding by 12 April 1345. None of these benefices, neither [[parish]] nor office, are known by name.<ref name=Watt-114/> While Walter would retain his Ross benefice until becoming [[Bishop of Dunblane]], he lost his Abernethy benefice at some point between 20 December 1348 and 28 March 1351. During that period he obtained another unnamed prebend in exchange for the Abernethy prebend.<ref name=Watt-114/> Walter is only the second known canon of Abernethy Collegiate Church.<ref>Cowan & Easson, ''Medieval Religious Houses'', p. 215.</ref>
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| − | On 13 March 1366, Walter was commissioned by the papacy to authorise dispensation for the irregular marriage between John Stewart, [[Earl of Carrick]] (much later [[Robert III of Scotland|King Robert III]]) and Annabella Drummond.<ref>Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', p. 111.</ref>
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| − | Bishop Walter attended at least five meetings of the [[Parliament of Scotland|Scottish national parliament]] during his episcopate. He was present at the Scone parliament of 27 September 1367, which discussed royal revenues and relations with the English crown.<ref>Brown, et al, [http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?a=fcf&fn=davidii_trans&id=id548&t=trans Scone, Parliament, 1367/9/1], in ''RPS'', Date accessed: 2 March 2008; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 115.</ref> He was also present at the Scone parliament of June 1368,<ref name=Watt-115/> and the Perth parliament of 6 March 1369; the latter discussed royal business, relations with the [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Kingdom of Norway]], and law and order in the [[Scottish Highlands]]. [[Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany|Robert Stewart]], Thomas, Earl of Mar, [[Uilleam III, Earl of Ross]], and other Highland lords, were ordered to impose greater control in their regions.<ref>Brown, et al, [http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?a=fcf&fn=davidii_trans&id=id585&t=trans Perth, Parliament, 1369/3/5], in ''RPS'', Date accessed: 2 March 2008; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 115.</ref> Bishop Walter took part in two parliamentary committees, the first a clerical committee devoted to general business, and the second a judicial committee authorised to review earlier legal judgments in the kingdom.<ref>Brown, et al, [http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?a=fcf&fn=davidii_trans&id=id585&t=trans Perth, Parliament, 1369/3/5], in ''RPS'', Date accessed: 2 March 2008.</ref>
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| − | Walter attended the Perth parliament of 18 February 1370, and was named as one of the members of a special committee "for the deliberation concerning the consideration of common justice".<ref>[http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?a=fcf&fn=davidii_ms&id=id598&t=ms RPS, 1370/2/3.] Date accessed: 2 March 2008; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 115.</ref> He is mentioned for the last time swearing fealty to the new king, Robert II, at his [[accession]] parliament at Scone on 27 March 1371.<ref>Cockburn, ''Medieval Bishops'', p. 111; Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 204; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 115; Watt & Murray, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', p. 101.</ref> Walter de Coventre must have died later in 1371 or in very early 1372, because on 27 April 1372, the Pope appointed [[Andrew Magnus]] to the vacant bishopric of Dunblane.<ref>Dowden, ''Bishops'', p. 204; Watt, ''Dictionary'', p. 115; Watt & Murray, ''Fasti Ecclesiae'', p. 101; he was said in papal documents to have "died outside the curia".</ref>
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