In this battle Richard fell, and the Norse Prince was also killed,
the Ri-Crois at Embo, which has disappeared long ago, being erected in
memory of the latter.[4] Earl William had died in 1248, and had been
buried in the Cathedral at Dornoch, which Bishop Gilbert had founded
close to and west of the site of the older Church of St. Bar, and
which he had dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in or after 1222.
The Bishop had given to his diocese of Caithness[5] the Constitution
which is still extant at Dunrobin. This Constitution, like that of
Elgin, was in the main based on that of Lincoln. But the Bishop was to
be _Primus_ and above all other dignitaries of the Cathedral. For
it was ordained that instead of the one priest who had previously
officiated, there should be ten Canons with the Bishop as their head,
five of them holding the dignities of Dean, Precentor, Chancellor,
Treasurer, and Archdeacon, each of them during residence to minister
there daily, as well as the Abbot of Scone, who was a Canon, but had a
Vicar to perform his duties in his absence. The teinds (or tithes)
of certain parishes were allocated to each member of the Chapter; and
lands, residences, and prebends were assigned to them, provision also
being made from the teinds of other parishes for the lighting and
services of the Church.
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