Archdeacon of Aberdeen

The Archdeacon of Aberdeen was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Aberdeen, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Aberdeen. The archdeacon held the parish church of Rayne as a prebend since 1256. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:

List of archdeacons of Aberdeen Máel Coluim, fl. 1172 x 1179 Simon, fl. 1189 x 1203 Omer, fl. x 1207-1208 x Máel Coluim, fl. 1224 x 1226-1250 x Geoffrey, fl. 1259–1281 Alan de Moravia, x 1335-1341Became Bishop of Caithness. John de Rait, 1342-1350Became Bishop of Aberdeen. Alexander de Kininmund, x 1352-1355Became Bishop of Aberdeen. John Barbour, x 1357-1395Famous poet. Henry de Lichton, 1395 - 1396 Thomas Trail, 1395 John de Lichton, fl. 1395 x 1402 David Falconer, x 1407–1411 Thomas de Tyninghame, 1411–1439 Walter Stewart, 1440 Laurence Piot, 1440-1453 x 1454 James Lindsay 1454–1456 Laurence Piot (again), 1455-1465 x 1468 James Inglis, 1468 Alexander Rait, 1468-1475 x 1479 Robert Stewart, 1472–1474 Andrew Young, 1479 George Brown, 1479Later became Bishop of Dunkeld. Robert Blackadder, 1475 x 1479Became Bishop of Aberdeen, and later, Archbishop of Glasgow. James Lindsay, 1479–1495 John Fraser, 1480–1488 Gavin Vaiche, 1485 x 1486 Gavin Dunbar, 1487 Adam Elphinstone, 1490/1495 x 1499 Robert Elphinstone, 1499–1508 William Dowy, 1499–1500 Thomas Halkerston, 1508 Thomas Myrton, 1512–1540 Patrick Myrton (senior), 1530–1551 John Stewart, 1551–1563 James Erskine, 1565–1579 Robert Murray, 1584–1585 Walter Abercrombie, 1586–1620 Walter Richardson, 1586 Andrew Logie, 1624–1636

Notes

Bibliography Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 18–21

See also Bishop of Aberdeen