John Hepburn (prior)

John Hepburn (died after 20 July 1525) was a Scottish cleric. The son of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord of Hailes, he was Prior of Saint Andrews. He established St. Leonard's College at the University of St. Andrews in 1512. In around 1520 he funded the reconstruction of the town walls of St. Andrews.

He also briefly held the ward of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell his great nephew. His other relation Patrick Hepburn (not to be confused with the Earl) succeeded him in the priory in 1525. [John Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, Glasgow, 1912] This Patrick Hepburn also gained the young Earl's ward his relative John's death. [Scots Peerage]

He was elected as Archbishop of St. Andrews but his appointment was turned down by the Pope.

References

Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Hepburn, John (d.1522)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour Paul, Edinburgh, 1905, 'Bothwell' p. 141/2.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Walter Monypenny	Prior of St Andrews 1483–1526	Succeeded by Patrick Hepburn
Preceded by Alexander Stewart	Archbishop of St Andrews el. 1513	Succeeded by Innocenzo Cibo

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Scoto-Norman era bishops	Turgot of Durham Eadmer Robert of Scone Ernald Richard the Chaplain Hugh the Chaplain John Scotus Roger de Beaumont Geoffrey de Liberatione William de Malveisin David de Bernham Robert de Stuteville Abel de Gullane Gamelin William Wishart William Fraser William de Lamberton James Bane William Bell William de Landallis Stephen de Pa Walter Trail Thomas Stewart Walter de Danielston Gilbert de Greenlaw Henry Wardlaw James Kennedy Patrick Graham
Pre-Reformation archbishops	Patrick Graham William Scheves James Stewart, Duke of Ross Alexander Stewart John Hepburn Cardinal Innocenzo Cybo Andrew Forman James Beaton Cardinal David Beaton John Hamilton Gavin Hamilton
Post-Reformation archbishops	John Douglas Patrick Adamson George Gledstanes John Spottiswoode James Sharp Alexander Burnet Arthur Rose
Afterwards, see also: Episcopal Archbishops of St Andrews, Bishops of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (etc.) & Roman Catholic Archbishops of St Andrews and Edinburgh (etc.)