The Archdeacon of Lothian was the head of the Archdeaconry of Lothian

Archdeaconry of Lothian

The Archdeaconry of Lothian, located in modern-day Scotland, was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese. The Lothian archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of Lothian, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the...

, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews. The position was one of the most important positions within the medieval Scottish church; because of his area's large population and high number of parish churches, the Archdeacon of Lothian may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops before the decline in archdiaconal powers after the 13th century.

List of Archdeacons of Lothian

• Thorald, 1144-1165
• Andrew, 1165-1179 x 1184
• William de Malveisin
  William de Malveisin
  Guillaume or William de Malveisin was Chancellor of Scotland, Bishop of Glasgow and then Bishop of St. Andrews .William Malveisin was probably born in France...
  
  , 1189 x 1194-1199
• John de Leicester
  John de Leicester
  John de Leicester was an early 13th century bishop of Dunkeld. Before becoming bishop, he had been archdeacon of Lothian. He was elected to the bishopric on 22 July 1211. As bishop-elect, he is present when King William of Scotland paid homage to King John of England in 1212...
  
  , 1200-1212
• William de Bosco, 1214-1231
• William de Bondington
  William de Bondington
  William de Bondington was a 13th century bishop of Glasgow. Before becoming bishop, William was rector of Eddleston, a prebendary of Glasgow, and archdeacon of Lothian. From the year 1231, William was Chancellor of Scotland. He was elected Bishop of Glasgow sometime between 19 May 1232 and June 1233...
  
  , x 1233
• William de Maule, 1235-1251
• Thomas de Carnoto (or Charteris), 1260 x 1262-1267
• Robert Wishart, 1267 x 1271-1273
• Adam de Gullane, 1282
• William Frere, 1285-1306
• William de Eaglesham, 1317-1323
• Alexander de Kininmund
  Alexander de Kininmund (d. 1344)
  Alexander de Kininmund was a 14th century Scottish churchman. The first mention of Alexander occurs when, as a canon of Dunkeld he is one of three ambassadors sent by King Robert I of Scotland to Avignon in 1320. The purpose of this embassy was to present a letter to Pope John XXII known as the...
  
  , 1327-1329
• William Comyn, 1329-1336 x 1337
• John de Douglas, 1336 x 1337
• Walter de Moffat, 1340 x 1341-1357 x 1359
• Walter de Wardlaw
  Walter Wardlaw
  Walter Wardlaw was a 14th century bishop of Glasgow. He was the son of a Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torry, a middling knight of Fife. Before becoming bishop, Walter was a canon of Glasgow, a Master of Theology and archdeacon of Lothian. He was at the University of Paris, and a roll of the year 1349 has...
  
  , 1357 x 1359-1367
• David de Mar, 1367-1382
• Duncan Petit, 1380
• Thomas de Barry, 1382
• Walter Forrester
  Walter Forrester
  Walter Forrester , bishop of Brechin, was an administrator and prelate in later medieval Scotland. Originating in Angus, he came from a family of English origin who by the end of the 14th century had become well established in Scottish society...
  
  , 1386
• James Borthwick, 1390-1408
• John Stewart, x 1405
• William de Lawedre
  William de Lawedre
  William de Lauder [Lawedre] was bishop of Glasgow and Lord Chancellor of Scotland.The son of Sir Robert de Lawedre of Edrington, and The Bass, by his spouse Annabella, William was uterine brother William de Lauder [Lawedre] (born – June 14, 1425) was bishop of Glasgow and Lord Chancellor of...
  
   (Lauder), 1405 -1408
• Alexander de Lilliesleaf, x 1408
• Richard de Cornell, 1408 -1419
• John Derling (Devlyn), 1409
• Columba de Dunbar
  Columba de Dunbar
  Columba de Dunbar was Bishop of Moray from 1422 until his death at Spynie Palace near Elgin sometime before 7 November 1435.Columba was "of Royal race", the youngest "lawful son of George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March" and his spouse Christian née Seton.His father, who supported the so-called...
  
  , 1419-1422
• William Croyser, 1419
• Edward de Lauder, 1419-1429 x 1430
• David de Crannach, x 1429, 1430
• William Croyser, 1429-1440 x 1441; 1452 x 1453 - 1460 x 1461(7)
• Thomas de Greenlaw, 1430-1431
• Gilbert Forrester, 1431
• Alexander de Newton, 1431-1433
• Robert de Lythow, 1440
• Thomas de Tulloch, 1441 -1444
• John de Lawedre (Lauder), x 1443-1452 x 1453
• James Lindsay (de Covington ?), 1461-1468 x 1469 (?)
• Nicholas Graham, 1469-1469 x 1470
• William Ferguson, 1470
• Robert Blackadder
  Robert Blackadder
  Robert Blackadder was a medieval Scottish cleric, diplomat and politician, who was abbot of Melrose, bishop-elect of Aberdeen and bishop of Glasgow; when the last was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 1492, he became the first ever archbishop of Glasgow...
  
  , 1470-1472
• Archibald Whitelaw, 1470-1498
• Alexander Gisford, 1494-1507
• David Arnot
  David Arnot
  David Arnot O. S. A. was a 16th century Scottish Augustinian abbot and bishop. He was from the Arnot family of Arnot, Fife.-Archdeacon of Lothian:...
  
  , 1498-1503
• John Brady, 1505-1525
• Henry Forsyth, 1525 x 1530-1531
• John Hay, 1531
• Patrick Stewart, 1532-1539x1542.
• Walter Betoun, 1546-1554
• Alexander Betoun, 1548-1584