predecessor successor consecration birth_place title type see term birth_date article_title name church
alexander de waghorn john bullock none unknown bishop of ross bishop diocese of ross 1416 × 1418 -lrb- elect -rrb- 1372 thomas lyell
 thomas lyell roman catholic church
thomas lyell

thomas lyell lyel was a scottish clergyman associated with the diocese of ross in the late 14th century and early 15th century .
after william de tarbat , subdean of ross , was elected dean of ross , on 1 may 1395 , thomas was provided as william 's successor .
thomas however does not seem to have secured the position , losing out to john de kylwos , a relative of the bishop of ross , alexander de kylwos .
after the death of alexander de waghorn , bishop of ross , the cathedral chapter elected lyell as waghorn 's successor .
lyell was at this stage holding an unnamed canonry and prebend in the diocese of ross , the parish church of kinnell in angus in the diocese of st andrews and the chaplaincy of kirriemuir , also in angus in that diocese .
his election was overturned by pope benedict xiii on the grounds that he had previously reserved the see for his own appointment ; on 9 march 1418 , he provided john bullock instead .
on 16 march , benedict issued a mandate to the abbot of arbroath to pay lyell 40 gold crowns in compensation for the expenditure that thomas lyell had undertaken in order to follow up his failed election , which had involved him travelling to the papal curia at peñíscola in spain .
two days later benedict granted thomas a canonry with expectation of a prebend in the diocese of aberdeen , which he was allowed to hold alongside his other benefices .
on 1 june , benedict deprived one thomas de merton of his canonry and prebend in the diocese of brechin because he was a `` schismatic and adherent of oddo colonna calling himself martin v '' , charges which lyell had made while at benedict 's court ; in two mandates to the abbot of arbroath , the latter was instructed to give merton 's canonry and prebend to lyell , which again lyell was allowed to hold without giving up his other benefices .
