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Andrew Forman was born in 1465 to Nicholas Forman of Hutton and Janet Blackadder. He grew up as a protege of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, and Alexander Lord Home. No wife is identified, probably because he planned a career in the church. His children were illegitimate but they all married prominent persons.Andrew left the University of St Andrews in 1483 and started working for James IV in 1489. He became a firm favourite of James IV and of the Spanish ambassador, Pedro de Ayala.He was appointed prior of Pittenweem in 1495 and ambassador to Henry VII in 1497. In 1510, he left Scotland for Europe where he carried out important duties as ambassador for the Pope and Louis XII, returning to Scotland in 1512, and back to France and Rome in 1513. Louis XII granted Bourges to Andrew. Late in 1514, the Pope appointed Andrew Archbishop of St Andrews, but the governor, Albany, did not agree to his admission until 1516.Andrew died in 1521.

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Publié par	Austin Macauley Publishers
Date de parution	28 février 2020
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EAN13	9781528976862
Langue	English
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The Life of Andrew Forman (Archbishop of St Andrew’s 1516–1521)
Scotland’s Wolsey
David Forman
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-02-28
The Life of Andrew Forman (Archbishop of St Andrew’s 1516–1521) About the Author Copyright Information ©
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David Forman is a retired geologist and research scientist who has devoted considerable time to the study of the Forman family, particularly Andrew Forman and his family, for which he has prepared a full document, complete with photos and references. This book is simply a summary of a part of that.
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This summary keeps as close to the truth as possible, but some logical assumptions are made that cannot be verified, particularly in the early history. I shall, in part at least, deal with the earlier ancestors of Andrew Forman. References and Figures have been left out as appropriate for a summary.
The search for Andrew Forman’s ancestors leads back discontinuously to Robert Forman of Scotland who signed the Ragman Roll in 1296. There is evidence of “noble birth” among Andrew’s ancestors and there is heraldic evidence that one of them married a Sutherland. The Forman crest is similar to that of the Sutherland family, but there is no likely wife for any of Andrew Forman’s ancestors, except Robert Forman of 1296 who may have married a Veteri Ponte. On the other hand, it could have been him who married a Sutherland. After all, he had property in Edinburgh parish and seems to have been an associate of King John Balliol which suggests he was someone of importance.
Half of the Channelkirk Church treinds/tithes had been in the Forman family since well before 1535 when they were held by Robert Forman the future Lyon King of Arms. Examination of the history of Channelkirk Church and Lauder Church tithes shows that Andrew de Moravia, bishop of Moray, claimed to own Lauder Church and the tithes. It seems likely that he also held the tithes to Channelkirk Church. The conclusion I reach is that, in all likelihood, Robert Forman’s (of 1296) father (or grandfather) married a daughter of Lord Andrew de Moravia, Bishop of Moray (presumably a Sutherland) in about 1230, thus establishing a direct link from Andrew Forman back to King David I of Scotland and even William the Conqueror.
The parents of Andrew de Moravia were Hugh de Moravia, 1st Lord Duffus and Annabella Macduff, of Fife. Annabella descended from Duncan Macduff, 3/5th Earl of Fife and Ada (Ela). Ada’s parents were Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbia, and Ada de Warrenne. Henry’s father was David I of Scotland.
Ada de Warenne descended from William (2nd Earl Surrey) de Warenne (abt 1065-1138), who married Elizabeth of Vermandois in 1118. William, 2nd Earl Surrey, descended from William (1st Earl Surrey) de Warenne (abt 1065-24/6/1138) who married Princess Gundred before 1077. And Princess Gundred was a daughter of William the Conqueror, King of England. Elizabeth of Vermandois (1085-1131) was a daughter of Henry (Count of Vermandois) Magnus (1053-18/10/1101), who was son of Henry I, King of France.
It may be significant that Robert Forman’s seal on the Ragman Roll was the Fleur-de-lis.
This early Forman must have been a man of some significance to marry even an illegitimate daughter of Andrew de Moravia. Using a lead provided by Simon Forman, the Elizabethan quack and astrologer, the trail leads to the de Moreville and Veteri Ponte families. The seal of Robert Forman on the Ragman Roll, suggests a possible link to the Veteri Pontes (who both had the same seal and were in the Edinburgh County) and that he may have married one. However, the scent is too weak to follow this far back conclusively. Perhaps surnames were still in their infancy. In any case, no Formans were recorded in Scotland before 1296, although some were recorded in England.
Strangely, the histories of Channelkirk Church and Parish and of Dryburgh Abbey turn up so many names of people and places that figure prominently in Andrew Forman’s life that I must assume his career was partly based on an attempt to emulate the past glories of his ancestors. Of course, not the least coincidence is that Andrew Forman was made Bishop of Moray by James IV.
Robert Forman of 1296 was present with King John Balliol at Stracathro Kirk when Balliol abdicated to Edward I of England. It is speculated, with some evidence, that Robert Forman was originally a servant of Isabella de Warrenne and came to Scotland when she married the future King, John Balliol.
After the King’s abdication, Robert Forman is thought to have moved to Yorkshire under the protection of Isabella de Warrenne’s sister, Eleanor, and her husband Henry (1st Baron Percy of Alnwick) Percy. Two of Robert’s presumed descendants were William and Robert Forman. The retirement package granted to William Forman at Kelso monastery and the position of archer held by Robert Forman at Roxburgh Castle, late in the 13th century was probably facilitated by the Percies.
One or more of Robert’s sons may have stayed in Scotland where they were looked after firstly by the King’s sister, Eleanor Balliol and her husband John Comyn, and secondly by the Murrays. Sir Andrew Moray married Euphemia Comyn, the sister of John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, nephew of King John Balliol.
John Forman, in 1387, is the first Forman name documented in Scotland after Robert Forman in 1296. Although there is no proof, I suggest that his education and church position strongly indicate a Douglas connection. John Forman is mentioned in connection firstly to St Andrews and secondly to the priory of Coldingham. John Forman may have been the father of Thomas Forman. As mentioned before, the Forman seals are thought to have indicated intermarriage with the Sutherlands, However, they could also indicate intermarriage with one of the Murray or Douglas families.
It is likely that John, Thomas and Adam Forman are the descendants of Robert’s son (name unknown). They became the ancestors of the famous Andrew Forman, Archbishop of St Andrews (1516-1522) and many of the medieval Scottish Formans.
In the years from 1400, Coldingham needed protection and with their traditional patrons, the Dunbars, in exile, Coldingham turned to their supplanter, Douglas, for protection. There followed a long series of documents showing Forman connection with the Douglases and Coldingham priory, beginning with John Forman in 1425. Sir John Forman, now chaplain, was a witness on 16 March 1425 in the parish church of St John of Perth (Perth was then capital of Scotland) to an instrument requiring William de Wethirburn Esq. (compearing before Sir William Drax, prior of Coldingham) to obey a command of the King regarding sasine to the lands of Swinton.
By 1406, Douglas was acting as keeper of the extensive lands of Coldingham priory in Berwickshire, employing his lufIt squier and allie Alexander Hume as his local agent and continuing to call himself lord of Dunbar.
In 1406, Thomas Forman is referred to as an armiger and therefore, was armigerous. Thomas Forman, esquire (thought by another author to probably be an ancestor of Andrew Forman), witnessed a notarial instrument relating to the forestry of Coldingham, dated in 1410.
Although there is no proof, it seems likely that Thomas Forman died with Alexander Home and Archibald 4th Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424. Perhaps his two oldest sons also died in France. His third son, Adam, survived, but may have earlier accompanied the 5th Earl (before he got that title) to France.
Thomas’ son, Adam Forman, was probably looking after Coldingham for James I, beginning in 1424 or perhaps 1425. In 1426 (at least until 1433), he looked after them for the Red Douglases. Before that he had looked after them for the Black Douglases (Archibald Douglas).
Thomas Forman is associated with Archibald Douglas in 1426 and his family is thought to have come to Archibald Douglas via his wife Joanna (Lady Bothwell) Murray in about 1362. The grant of Hutton to Adam Forman (scutifer to Archibald, Earl of Douglas), as heir to his father Thomas, by Archibald Douglas and the indication that Hutton came to Archibald Douglas by his wife, Joanna Murray, helps confirm an early Murray/Comyn/Balliol link.
There was an assize of perambulation (of Kellielaw on Coldingham priory lands) between Adam Forman and William Drax, prior of Coldingham, on 13 November 1430. I think Adam inherited at least part of the Coldingham property from his father, Thomas.
I have not found any further documents concerning Adam Forman. He may have died shortly after the last one (dated 13 November 1430). There is no proof that, like his father, he ever helped protect the Coldingham Priory lands.
Adam Forman had at least two sons: William Forman, Dean Of Linlithgow and Nicholas Forman, laird of Hutton.
William Forman was referred to as of noble birth (supporting the idea that either Adam Forman or an earlier Forman married a lady of noble birth) in a papal dispensation of 11 January 1448-49. He is known to have occupied two church positions. He was a priest of Aberlady, in the