William of Binning

William of Binning or William of Binin was a 13th-century Cistercian monk. His name indicates that he came from Binning, in Uphall parish, West Lothian, Scotland;^[1] otherwise, his background is obscure. He emerges on 29 November 1243 when he is styled "Prior of Newbattle" (deputy Abbot of Newbattle) and elected to be Abbot of Coupar Angus.^[2] According to Alexander Myln's 16th century Vitae Dunkeldensis ecclesiae episcoporum ("Lives of the Bishops of Dunkeld"), when William was at Newbattle Abbey he authored a vita (that is, a biography) of John the Scot (died 1203), successively Bishop of Dunkeld and Bishop of St Andrews.^[1] The vita has failed to survive.^[1] William resigned his position as Abbot of Coupar Angus on 29 September 1258.^[2] He died at an unknown date afterwards.^[3]

Notes

1. A. A. M. Duncan, "Binning , William of (d. in or after 1258)".
2. Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 44.
3. A. A. M. Duncan, "Binning , William of (d. in or after 1258)"

References

• Duncan, A. A. M., "Binning , William of (d. in or after 1258)", in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 16 Feb 2007
• Watt, D. E. R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001)