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13._o buch._n l._n 7._o both_o l._n 13._o the_o carmelite_n friar_n receive_v in_o scotland_n crosse-church_n at_o peblis_n erect_v both_o l._n 13._o scon._n l._n 30._o an._n 1271._o william_n wishart_n elect_a bishop_n upon_o gamelinus_n his_o death_n scon._n l._n 10._o c._n 30._o pasl_n l._n 6._o bishop_n attend_v a_o rome_n for_o consecration_n a_o council_n at_o lion_n scon._n l._n 10._o c._n 34._o a_o supply_n for_o the_o holy_a war_n the_o act_n of_o the_o council_n all_o the_o act_n overturn_v by_o dispensation_n scon._n l._n 10._o c._n 35._o an._n 1279._o bishop_n wishart_n die_v scon._n l._n 10._o c._n 31._o michael_n scot_n and_o tho._n lermouth_n buchan_n l._n 13._o lesl._n l._n 6._o both_o l._n 13._o william_n fraser_n elect_a bishop_n after_o wishart_n buchan_n l._n 7._o the_o death_n of_o of_o king_n alexander_n the_o three_o and_o his_o child_n two_o knight_n of_o fife_n direct_v to_o the_o maid_n of_o norway_n who_o they_o find_v dead_a both_o l._n 14._o buchan_n l._n 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