Archdeacon of Moray

The Archdeacon of Moray was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Moray, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Moray. The archdeacon held the parish churches of Forres and Edinkillie as a prebends since 1207. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:

List of archdeacons of Moray

• Thomas, fl. 1179 x 1188
• Robert, fl. 1197 x 1206
• Gilbert de Moravia, 1206 x 1208-1222 x 1224^[1]
• Hugh, x 1225-1227 x^[2]
• Ranulf, x 1228-1232 x
• William, 1235-1249 x
• Archibald Herok, x 1258-1275^[3]
• John, fl. 1281 x 1299
• Stephen de Donydouer, x 1316-1317^[4]
• Adam Penny, fl. 1327
• Alexander Bur, 1350-1362^[5]
• William de Forres, 1363-1370
• Stephen, fl. 1371
• Duncan Petit, x 1385-1385 x 1393
• Hugh Dickson de Dalmahoy, 1393-1394 x
• James de Dunbar, 1397-1408
• Adam de Nairn, 1408-1409x1414
• William de Camera, 1408-x 1430
• John de Forbes, x 1430
• 1430-1435
• William de Dunbar, 1430-1435
• Nicholas de Atholl, 1430-1435
  • Robert de Crannach, 1430-1433
  • Robert Scrymgeour, 1435
• Henry Hervy, 1435-1438 x 1440
• John de Atholl, 1435-1437
• Duncan de Lichton, 1437
• David Ogilvie, 1438 x 1440-1443 x 1444
• Robert de Tulloch, 1443
• Thomas Spens, 1444-1447 x 1448^[6]
• Patrick Fraser, 1445-1448 x 1462
• Archibald Whitelaw, 1462 x 1463-1466 x 1467
• Thomas Cockburn, 1462
• Archibald Knowles, 1467-1473 x 1475
• Robert de Forrest, 1467-1467 x 1468
• Alexander de Meldrum, 1467-1467 x 1468
• Andrew of Forfar, 1468
• John Edwardi (?Edwardson), 1468
• John Garden, 1475-1479
• John Calder, 1476
• John Ruch, 1476
• James Allardice, 1476-1506 x x1507
• Alexander Crichton, x 1508
• John Estoun, 1508
• Patrick Paniter, 1509-1513
• Thomas Nudry, 1510-1526 x 1527
• James Douglas, 1527-1533
  • Alexander Hervy, 1529
  • Sixtus Zuchellus, 1529-1530
• John Bellenden, 1533-1538
• Archibald Dunbar, 1539-1551 x 1565
• John Lesley, 1565-1567
• Gavin Dunbar, 1574-1613
• Patrick Tulloch, 1613-1638

Notes

1. Became Bishop of Caithness.
2. Possibly Hugh de Douglas, brother of Bishop Bricius de Douglas.
3. Became Bishop of Caithness.
4. Became Bishop of Glasgow.
5. Became Bishop of Moray.
6. Became Archdeacon of Galloway, then Bishop of Galloway, then later Bishop of Aberdeen.

Bibliography

• Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 237–42

See also

• Bishop of Moray