 However, he was reconciled with the Papacy before his death.Details from the National Dictionary of Biography do seem to clarify his origins in the Lamberton family, originally from Berwickshire, but holding lands in north-east Scotland by the late twelfth century and later in Stirlingshire also.Details of his birth, education, and early career are not certain; he had certainly received a university education by early 1293 and become a canon of Glasgow.