Pope Nicholas IV writes to William, bishop of Dunblane, noting that because the nobleman, Malise, earl of Strathearn, of his diocese, and his predecessors, the earls of Strathearn, were accustomed [to taking] the mobile goods of the deceased bishops of Dunblane, the current bishop’s predecessors, the bishop is permitted to dispose by testament of his personal property, his debts being first paid; the bishop is to bequeath money to churches, whence he has received an income.