Walter Trail

Walter Trail (died 1401; also spelled Trayl)^[1] was a late 14th century Bishop of St. Andrews. He appears as an official in the Bishopric of Glasgow in 1378, as a Magister Artium and a Licentiate in Canon and civil law. In 1380, he has a doctorate in canon and civil law, as well as a Papal chaplain and auditor. In this year, Pope Clement VII (an "anti-Pope") granted him the deanery of the Bishopric of Dunkeld. He became treasurer of the Bishopric of Glasgow in either 1381 or 1382. On 29 November 1385, the Pope provided him to the vacant Bishopric of St. Andrews, vacant because of the capture and death of the previous bishop-elect, Stephen de Pa.

Walter Trail
Bishop of St Andrews
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	St Andrews
Appointed	29 November 1385
Term ended	1401
Predecessor	Stephen de Pa
Successor	Thomas Stewart
Personal details
Died	1401 St Andrews, Scotland

Walter Trail was an active bishop, and ardent defender of the rights of the church within Scotland. Walter constructed the castle at St. Andrews. It was there that he died in 1401.

References

• Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

1. Ashley, Mike (7 June 2012). The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781472101136 – via Google Books.

Religious titles
Preceded by Stephen de Pa (unconsecrated) William de Landallis	Bishop of St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn) 1385–1401	Succeeded by Thomas Stewart, Walter de Danyelston and Gilbert Greenlaw (all unconsecrated) Henry Wardlaw