Walter Forrester
Walter Forrester | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Brechin | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Diocese of Brechin |
| In office | 1407 – 1425 or 1426 |
| Predecessor | Stephen de Cellario |
| Successor | John de Crannach |
| Previous post(s) | Subdean of Brechin (occurred 1400–1407) Archdeacon of Lothian (occurred 1386) + other benefices (see text) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 11 May 1410 – 10 May 1411 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1355 |
| Died | 1425 or 1426 uncertain |
Walter Forrester (died 1425 or 1426), bishop of Brechin, was an administrator and prelate in later medieval Scotland. Originating in Angus, he came from a family of English origin who by the end of the 14th century had become well established in Scottish society. A student of the University of Paris and University of Orleans, he began his career at home by the later 1370s.
He became a royal clerk, and appears to have held the position of archdeacon of Lothian c. 1386. After extending his education at Paris in the 1390s, he returned to Scotland to continue clerical and ambassadorial duties for the monarch, and was awarded with the bishopric of Brechin in 1407. He held this post, along with that of Clerk of the Register, until his death in either 1425 or 1426.