Archdeacon of Aberdeen
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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:
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
in the Diocese of Aberdeen
Diocese of Aberdeen
Diocese of Aberdeen was one of the 13 dioceses of the Scottish church, before the abolition of the episcopacy in 1689.-Early history:...
, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Aberdeen
Bishop of Aberdeen
The Bishop of Aberdeen was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Nechtan...
. The archdeacon held the parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
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 1335-1341
- John de RaitJohn de RaitJohn de Rait [Raith, Rathe, Rate, Rathet] was a 14th century Scottish cleric. The name "Rait" probably links him to the village of Rait in Gowrie, although the name "Rath" - Gaelic for a type of enclosed settlement - is common to many settlements in Scotland...
, 1342-1350 - Alexander de KininmundAlexander de Kininmund (d. 1380)Alexander de Kininmund was a 14th century Scottish cleric. Although it is not known which one, it is known that in his youth he went to university and achieved a Licentiate in the Arts.-Career:...
, x 1352-1355 - John Barbour, x 1357-1395
- Henry de LichtonHenry de LichtonHenry de Lichton [de Lychtone, Leighton] was a medieval Scottish prelate and diplomat, who, serving as Bishop of Moray and Bishop of Aberdeen , became a significant patron of the church, a cathedral builder, and a writer...
, 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 BrownGeorge Brown (bishop)George Brown was a late 15th century and early 16th century Scottish churchman. He first appears on record in 1478 as the rector of the church of Tyningham, and is called a clerk of the diocese of Brechin...
, 1479
- George Brown
- 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...
, 1475 x 1479- 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
- Thomsa 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