Bishop of Moray on Sunday the 1st March, 1187, and "in 

 the Ides of the same month (loth March), on the day of 

 our Lord's Passion," as the Melrose Chronicle informs us, 

 " he was consecrated at St. Andrews, in Scotland, by 

 Hugh, Bishop of the same Church." The confirming' 

 charter by King William includes the addition to the 

 benefice of the Church of Elgin, the Chapel of St. 

 Andrew, the Chapel of Munben, and others. That the 

 King had a considerable Court along with him at Elgin 

 may be gathered from the fact that we find Hugo, his 

 Chancellor, and Duncan, Lord Justiciar, signing as witnesses 

 to his deeds granted there. In these deeds we frequently 

 find the word " cana," which, according to the quaint 

 interpretation of Skene, " in sindrie charters and infeft- 

 ments of lands specially halding of the Kirk is commonly 

 used for the duety and revenue quhilk is paied to the 

 superiour or lord of the land, and specially to Bischops or 

 Kirk-men, quhidder it be quheat, beir, aites, or uther 

 kinde of victuals, salt, or summs of mony." Many deeds of 

 gift from King William to Bishop Richard show that he 

 stood high in the royal favour. One in particular is worth 

 notice, in which he receives authority to erect a mill 

 '■' super terram meam de supra crohas que sunt super 

 Loscyn subtus castellum de Elgin," and that the Bishop 

 and his people should have free range and pannage in the 

 royal forests round about Elgin, Forres, and Inverness, and 

 rights of taking firewood, &c, therefrom, saving always 

 the rights of " my burgesses of Elgyn, Forrays, and 

 Invernys." 



Richard was succeeded by Bishop Bricius in 1203, and 

 with him our story of the Episcopate must end, for it was 

 he who caused the Cathedral seat to be established at 

 Spynie, whence, in a year or two, it was removed to Elgin. 

 The clergy appear to have come to the conclusion that 



