David Scotus
His surname Scotus shows that he was probably a Gael from either Ireland or Scotland, assuming that he is identical with the homonymous Bishop of Bangor, from Wales.Many Irish men living outside Ireland at this time had the designation Scottus, which originally denoted an Irishman, not a Scottish person.[1] With other scholars, David accompanied Henry on his expedition to Italy in 1110, and was appointed royal historiographer for the occasion with the intention, perhaps, of drafting the emperor's relatio, a brief narrative stringing together the documents of the intended treaty and presenting his master's achievements in the best light.The expedition did not go to plan, with the incumbent Pope Pascal II at first refusing to crown Henry and his wife, Matilda, relenting only after two months of imprisonment.Gruffudd threatened to get the new Bishop consecrated in Ireland, but eventually King Henry I of England agreed to the appointment of David to the see on condition that he accepted the supremacy of Canterbury.