Robert Forman was a late medieval Scottish

Kingdom of Scotland

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 churchman. He the son of one Janet Blackadder and her husband, a Berwickshire

Berwickshire

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 landowner named Nicholas Forman of Hatton. Sometime before 11 February 1500, he was made Precentor

Precentor

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 of Glasgow. He was Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Glasgow from 1505, a position he would hold until his death. Between 1506 and 1511 he was also in possession of the Chancellor

Chancellor

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ship of the diocese of Moray

Diocese of Moray

The Diocese of Moray was one of the most important of the medieval dioceses in Scotland. It was founded in the early years of the 12th century by David I of Scotland under its first bishop, Gregoir...

.

After the death of William Elphinstone

William Elphinstone

William Elphinstone was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.He was born in Glasgow, and educated at the University of Glasgow, taking the degree of M.A. in 1452. After practising for a short time as a lawyer in the church courts, he was ordained a...

 (d. 24 October 1514), the bishopric of Aberdeen

Bishop of Aberdeen

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 became vacant. At Rome

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 Pope Leo X

Pope Leo X

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 provided Forman to the vacant see. However, the canon

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s of Aberdeen prepared to elect a successor. According to John Spottiswoode

John Spottiswoode

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, Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly

Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly

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, pressured the canons to elect his own cousin, also Alexander Gordon

Alexander Gordon (d. 1518)

Alexander Gordon was a late medieval Scottish churchman. He was member of the kindred of the Earl of Huntly, being cousin to the reigning earl. He was the third son of James Gordon, Laird of Haddo...

, a man who was at that time the Precentor

Precentor

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 of Moray

Elgin Cathedral

Elgin Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, sometimes referred to as The Lantern of the North is a historic ruin in Elgin, Moray, north-east Scotland. It was established in 1224 on an area of ground granted by Alexander II that was close to the River Lossie and outside of the burgh of...

. Forman was persuaded by his brother Andrew Forman

Andrew Forman

Andrew Forman was a Scottish diplomat and prelate who became Bishop of Moray in 1501, Archbishop of Bourges in France, in 1513, Archbishop of St Andrews in 1514 as well as the headship of several monasteries....

, Archbishop of St Andrews

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, to yield his claim to Gordon upon the promise of the next vacancy.

He never, however, obtained any other bishopric. He died as Dean of Glasgow on 19 November 1530.