David de Bernham

David de Bernham
Bishop of St Andrews
seal of David de Bernham
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of St Andrews
In office	1240–1253
Predecessor	William de Malveisin
Successor	Abel de Golynn
Orders
Consecration	1240
Personal details
Died	disputed

David de Bernham (died 1253) was Chamberlain of King Alexander II of Scotland and subsequently, Bishop of St Andrews. He was elected to the see in June 1239, and finally consecrated, after some difficulties, in January 1240. He died at Nenthorn in 1253 and was buried at Kelso.^[1] One interesting feature of his life which has left a written record is the fact that as bishop of St Andrews he consecrated a long list of churches in his diocese. These churches are listed by name, together with the dates on which they were consecrated, in the 1240s, in a 13th-century Pontifical now in the Bibliothèque National, Paris (B.N. Latin 1218).