Gordon, William
Biography: Bishop of Aberdeen. Studied at King's College before going on to Paris, then Angers where he graduated in canon and civil law. Rector of Clatt, chancellor of Moray 1540, Last pre-reformation bishop of Aberdeen 1545, consecrated 1546. Chancellor of King's Coll. 1546-77. Matriculated Louvain 1551. In Paris 1552. At first resisted the reformation of 1560, but did not persevere. Died Old Aberdeen, 1577.
From Provenance Catalogue: The last catholic bishop of Aberdeen was educated at Aberdeen and at Paris. He paid no heed to King's College, though he ratified the capable Galloway's reforms of 1549. Despite the Reformation he was recognised as bishop til his death in 1577. He sat in the Scottish parliament of 1567, but he was not interested in politics and had a very poor reputation as a man and bishop. See Rait, Robert Sangster: The universities of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, 1895.
Biography Date: fl.1540-1577
Biography References: Prov. Reg. Notes (DNB); CERL; DNB; Fasti 3; Drummond 300; ESL 34;
Book List
Owner (other form of name) |
Book Title |
Author |
Publication Place |
Date |
Episcopi aberdonensis |
Enarrationes vetustissimorum theologorum, in Acta quidem Apostolorum & in omnes D. Pauli ac Catholicas epistolas ab Oecumenio: in Apocalysim vero,... |
Henten, J. |
Paris |
1545 |
Gordon, Gulielmi |
Commentaria Iuculentissima vetusissimorum Graecorum Theologorum in omnes D Pauli epistolas ab Oecumenio exacte & magna cura ad compenidium collecta: interprete... |
Oecumenius, Bishop of Tricca. |
Paris |
1547 |
Gordon, Gulielmi |
Opera diligenter repurgata. |
Latonus, J. |
Louvain |
1550 |
Gordon, Guliermi |
Psalterium paraphrasibus illustratum, seruata vbique ad verbum Hieronymi translatione, Raynerio Snoy ... autore. Magni Athanasii Opusculum in Psalmos. |
Snoy, R. |
Lyon |
1538 |
Gordon, William |
Caroli Stephani, de nutrimentis libri tres. |
Estienne, C. |
Paris |
1550 |
Gordon, William |
Rapsodie historiarum Enneadum. |
Coccius, M.A. |
Paris |
1509 |
Gordon, William |
In hoc volumine contenta, Divi Gregorii primi in beatum Job moralis expositionis libri XXXV; Pastoralis cure liber unus in IIII... |
Gregory I, Pope. |
Paris |
1523 |
Gordon, William |
Supplementum chronicarum. |
Foresti, Jacobus Philippus. |
Venice |
1492 |
Gordon, William |
Antonii Florebelli liber de autoritate ecclesiae. |
Florebelli, A. |
Lyon |
1546 |
Gordon, William |
Opera plane divina |
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea |
Paris |
1523 |
Gordon, William |
Liber de moribus ad Nicomachum. |
Aristotle |
Paris |
1488 |
Gordon, William |
Antidotum contra diversas omnium fere seculorum haereses. |
Sichardus, J. |
Basel |
1528 |
Gordon, Wm. |
D. Eucherii Iucubrationes aliquot non minus piae quam eruditae. |
Eucherius, of Lyons. |
Basel |
1531 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Ioannis Valverdi de animi et corporis sanitate tuenda libellus. |
Valverde, J de. |
Paris |
1552 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Frederici Nauseae Episcopi Viennensis, invictissimi Caesaris &c. Ferdinanti a sacris studiis & Consiliis, in catholicum Catechismum libri quinque. |
Nausea, F. |
Antwerp |
1551 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Prochiron vulgo nationale divinorum officiorum. |
Durandus, G. |
Lyon |
1551 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Assertionis Lutheranae confutatio iuxta verum ac originalem archetypum, nunc ad unguem diligentissime recognita per Ioannem Roffensem episcopum... |
Luther, M. |
Venice |
1526 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Fl. Vegetii Renati ... de re militari libri quatuor. Sexti Iulii Frontini ... De strategematis libri totidem. Aeliani de instrumendis... |
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. |
Paris |
1553 |
Gordon, Wm. |
D. Aurelii Augustini omnium operum. (Inscr. on t.5) |
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. |
Paris |
1531 |
Gordon, Wm. |
In canonicas Apsotolorum septem Epistolas collatio. |
Guilliaud, C. |
Paris |
1550 |
Gordon, Wm. |
De historia stirpium commentarij insignes. |
Fuchs, L. |
Lyon |
1551 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Des. Erasmi Rot. operum tertius tomus epistolas complectens universas quotquot ipse autor unquam evulgavit, aut evulgatas voluit, quibus praeter novas... |
Erasmus, D. |
Basel |
1540 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Le premier volume des grans decades de Tytus Livius. |
Livy. |
Paris |
1530 |
Gordon, Wm. |
A relation of a journey begun An: Dom: 1619. Foure bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt,... |
Sandys, G. |
London |
1615 |
Gordon, Wm. |
Luciferi Episcopi Calaritani opuscula. |
Lucifer, of Caligari. |
Paris |
1568 |
Gordone, William |
Adagiorum D. Erasmi Roterodami epitome. Ex novissima Chiliadum recognitione excerpta. |
Erasmus, D. |
Lyon |
1550 |