Archdeacon of Glasgow

The Archdeacon of Glasgow was the head of the Archdeaconry of Glasgow, a sub-division of the Diocese of Glasgow. He was one of two archdeacons serving the Bishop of Glasgow, the other one being the Archdeacon of Teviotdale. This archdeacon (Glasgow) was responsible for region of the Diocese of Glasgow outside the Teviotdale region of the Scottish Borders region. The position was an important position within the medieval Scottish church, because of the high number of parish churches in the archdeaconry.

List of archdeacons of Glasgow Ascelin, 1126 x 1127–1153 x 1159 Enguerrand, 1161 x 1162–1164Became Bishop of Glasgow. Simon, 1166 x 1174–1195 x 1196 Robert, 1195 x 1196–1222 Thomas, 1222 Thomas de Contravel, 1222–1227 Hugh de Potton, 1227–1238 Matthew de Aberdeen, 1238 x 1244 Reginald de Irvine, 1245–1266 x 1268 William de Lindsay, 1275 James de Dalileye 1306–1308 x 1311 John Wishart, x 1310–1337Became Bishop of Glasgow. Guido Kieretti, 1342–1374 Gregory de Maybole (?), 1367–1387 Thomas Mercer, 1374 x 1377 -1379 x 1388 Duncan Petit, 1388–1397 John de Grangia, x 1394 Henry de Wardlaw, x 1394–1403 William MacMorrin, x 1403 Simon de Mandeville, 1403–1409 William de Camera, 1403 John Forrester, 1403 John Forrester, 1409–1414 William de Glendinning, 1409–1413 John Stewart, 1413–1414 George de Borthwick, 1414–1446 John Arous, 1447 x 1448–1468 Archibald Whitelaw, 1468 Hugh 'Danslas', 1468 Gilbert Rerik, 1468–149 John Gibson, 1495 Patrick Blackadder, 1502 x 1505–1521 x 1524 Alexander Dick, 1523 x 1538-1559x1560 John Abercrombie, 1562 Andrew Betoun, 1560–1563 x 1573 Archibald Douglas, 1573–1610 Theodore Hay, 1610–1638

Notes

Bibliography Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 170–4

See also Archdeacon of Teviotdale Bishop of Glasgow