Nicholas de Balmyle

Nicholas de Balmyle
Bishop of Dunblane
The arms of the diocese of Dunblane (non-contemporary)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Dunblane
In office1307–1319 × 1320
PredecessorNicholas
SuccessorRoger de Balnebrich
Orders
Consecration11 December 1307
Personal details
Bornunknown
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Died8 February 1319 × 30 January 1320

Nicholas de Balmyle (d. 1319 × 1320), also called Nicholas of St Andrews, was a Scottish administrator and prelate in the late 13th century and early 14th century. A graduate of an unknown university, he served his earliest years as a clergyman at St Andrews, moving on to hold churches in Lothian as well as deputising (as Official) to two archdeacons of Lothian.

In the late summer and in the autumn of 1296, between the death of Bishop William Fraser and the arrival of the new Bishop of St Andrews William de Lamberton, Nicholas was placed in charge of the diocese of St Andrews as Official. Nicholas thereafter can be found exercising a senior role in Scottish affairs, and by early 1301 he was Chancellor of Scotland. In his late 60s or (more probably) his 70s by this stage, Nicholas was an extremely old man, yet in 1307 he became Bishop of Dunblane. He held this position until his death in either 1319 or 1320.