ABSTRACT
The pontificate of Innocent VIII saw some important events in the history of the Scottish Church, the elevation of the see of St. Andrews from metropolitan to primatial status, the erection of the see of Glasgow into an archbishopric, and the grant in 1487 of an indult to James III, a grant which did much to strengthen royal authority in the matter of ecclesiastical appointments. The dispute over the Dunkeld election was not resolved as easily as the Glasgow one, for the action of the papacy was not accepted without a measure of resistance. It clearly had been intended that the embassy sent to Rome should be headed by Archbishop Scheves of St. Andrews, because even before the meeting of parliament, on 24 May 1485, a safe-conduct for a year to pass through England had been granted to him by Richard III.
