Archdeacon of St Andrews
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The Archdeacon of St Andrews was the head of the Archdeaconry of St Andrews
, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. 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 St Andrews may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops. The following is a list of known archdeacons:
Archdeaconry of St Andrews
The Archdeaconry of St Andrews was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese. The St Andrews archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of St Andrews, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the Archdeaconry of St Andrews...
, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. 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 St Andrews may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops. The following is a list of known archdeacons:
List of Archdeacons of St Andrews
- MatthewMatthew (d. 1199)Matthew was a 12th century churchman residing in Scotland. He is the first man known to have held the position of Archdeacon of St Andrews, his first known ecclesiastical post. He occurs in this office in a document which can be dated to some point between August 1147 and June 1152...
, 1147 x 1152-1172 - Walter de Roxburgh, 1173-1179 x 1188
- Hugh de RoxburghHugh de RoxburghHugh de Roxburgh was a late 12th century Chancellor of Scotland and bishop of Glasgow. He was elected to the see soon after the death of his predecessor Jocelin. However, it is probable that he was not consecrated, because he died on 10 July 1199, less than four months after his election...
, 1189 x 1194-1199 - Ranulf de Wat, 1199-1209
- Laurence de Thorenton, 1209-1238 x 1240
- Adam, 1240-1248
- Abel de GolynnAbel de GolynnAbel de Gullane [Golynn, Golin] was a 13th century Bishop of St Andrews. He had been archdeacon of the diocese, and subsequently a Papal chaplain. In early 1254, after quashing the election of Robert de Stuteville, the Pope provided Abel to the bishopric, a decision not universally popular in...
, 1250-1254 - William WishartWilliam WishartWilliam Wishart was a 13th century Bishop of St. Andrews. He was postulated to the see of St. Andrews while holding the position as Bishop-elect of Glasgow, which he resigned when, on 2 June 1271, he was elected to that vacant see. He was succeeded at Glasgow by his cousin , Robert Wishart...
, 1254-1273 - Alpín of StrathearnAlpín of StrathearnAlpín of Strathearn was late 13th century Scottish prelate and graduate of the University of Bologna. The description of him as being of "noble birth" and his appellation de Stratherne indicate he was probably from the kin-group of the mormaers of Strathearn...
, 1278 - Gregory, 1279-1295
- John Fraser, 1296-1297
- Roger de Kingston, 1299
- Adam de Mauchan/Machane, 1301-1304
- ?
- Robert de Lamberton, 1319-1323
- James BaneJames BaneJames Bane was Bishop of St. Andrews for a brief period in the early 14th century. In his earlier career, James had been a canon of Aberdeen and prebendary of Cruden....
, 1325-1328 - William de Lindsay 1330.
- William de Pilmuir, 1340-1345 x 1353
- Henry Stupy, x 1353.
- William Wys, 1353-1354
- William de Greenlaw, 1353-1373
- William de Chisholm, 1367
- John de Peebles (Peblis), 1374 -1378 x 1379
- Andrew de Trebrun, 1378
- Thomas Stewart, 1380-1430
- George Newton 1430 x 1431-1433
- Richard de Creich, 1430-1432.
- Thomas de Myrton (Merton), 1431-1433
- William de Foulis, 1432-1441
- John Legat, 1443-1451
- Hugh Kennedy, x 1452 (?), 1454
- John Kennedy, 1454
- Hugh Douglas, 1454-1456 x 1457
- Walter StewartWalter Stewart (Archdeacon of St Andrews)Walter Stewart was a 15th century churchman in the Kingdom of Scotland. He was a cousin of King James II of Scotland, being like King James a grandson to King Robert III of Scotland; Walter went to university and obtained a Master of Arts....
, 1456 x 1457-1472 x 1474 - Hugh Douglas, 1466
- William SchevesWilliam SchevesWilliam Scheves was the second Archbishop of St. Andrews. In his earlier ecclesiastical career, he had been clericus regiae and Master of the hospital of Brechin. In 1474 he was provided unsuccessful to the Archdeaconry of Dunblane, but by the beginning of 1477 he was Archdeacon of St Andrews...
1472 x 1474-1478 - Robert BlackadderRobert BlackadderRobert 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...
, 1477-1480 - Andrew Stewart, 1479
- Alexander InglisAlexander InglisAlexander Inglis was a Scottish cleric and royal clerk. He was the son of one George Inglis and his wife Margeret. At some point in his life he had attended university and obtained a Licentiate in Decrees. In 1477 he became Dean of the diocese of Dunkeld, and in 1480 became Archdeacon of St Andrews...
, 1480-1496- John IrelandJohn of IrelandJohn of Ireland, or Johannis de Irlandia was a Scottish or Irish writer, resident for thirty years in Paris and later a professor of theology...
, 1483-1485
- John Ireland
- Robert de Fontibus (Wells), 1497-1501
- Alexander StewartAlexander Stewart (Archbishop of St Andrews)Alexander Stewart was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland and his mistress Marion Boyd. He was the eldest illegitimate child of King James IV of Scotland his mistress Marion Boyd...
, 1502-1504 - Gavin DunbarGavin DunbarGavin Dunbar was a 16th century bishop of Aberdeen. He was the son of Sir Alexander Dunbar of Westfield, near Elgin and Elizabeth Sutherland, apparently a daughter of Alexander Sutherland, Laird of Duffus...
, 1504-1519 - Thomas Halkerston 1519-1521 x 1524
- John Cantuly, 1524-1537
- George DurieGeorge DurieGeorge Durie [Dury confused by Watt & Shead with Drury] , abbot of Dunfermline and archdeacon of St Andrews, son of John Durie of Durie in the county of Fife, and brother to Andrew Durie, bishop of Galloway, was born about 1496. From 1527 till 1530 he acted as judge and executor of the monastery of...
, 1526-1559 - Robert Pitcairn, 1539-1584
- George Young, 1584-1603
- Alexander Gledstanes, 1612-1638