Archdeacon of Brechin
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The Archdeacon of Brechin was the only archdeacon
in the diocese of Brechin
, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of Brechin
. The archdeacon held the parish church
of Strachan
as a prebend from at least 1274.
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 Brechin
Diocese of Brechin
The pre-Reformation Diocese of Brechin or Diocese of Angus was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland. The diocese was believed to have been founded by Bishop Samson in 1153, and based at the cathedral in Brechin, Angus...
, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of Brechin
Bishop of Brechin
The Bishop of Brechin is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Brechin or Angus, based at Brechin Cathedral, Brechin. The diocese had a long-established Gaelic monastic community which survived into the 13th century. The clerical establishment may very well have traced their earlier origins...
. 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 Strachan
Strachan, Aberdeenshire
Strachan is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies along the Water of Feugh, a tributary of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, a few miles southwest of Banchory....
as a prebend from at least 1274.
List of archdeacons of Moray
The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:- GregoryGregory of BrechinGregory of Brechin was a 13th-century prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland.Gregory's name appears for the first time in an Arbroath Abbey document dating between 1189 and 1198, when he is holding the office of Archdeacon of Brechin. He is the first known archdeacon in the diocese of Brechin...
, 1189 x 1198–1218 - Adam, 1242–1264
- William de Cresswell, 1284–1285 x 1294
- John de Kininmund, 1295–1298
- Hugh de Selkirk, c. 1309–1309 x 1320
- Laurence de Haddington, 1324 x 1327
- Dáibhidh de Mar, 1342–1344
- Domhnall de Mar, 1344–1349
- Laurence de Erroll, 1351–1352x1367
- William de Greenlaw, 1352–1353
- Laurence de Spens, 1363 x 1367–1369
- Stephen de Cellario, 1369–1383
- Cuthbert Henryson, 1383–1387
- Robert de CardenyRobert de CardenyRobert de Cardeny was a late 14th century and early 15th century Scottish cleric. He was the son of one John Cardeny, and sister of the royal mistress Mariota de Cardeny. His early career is obscure...
, 1391 - Thomas Stewart, 1391–1393
- William de Ramsey, 1395
- David de Idvy, 1397–1420 x 1425
- Henry Ogilvie, 1425
- Richard de Crag, 1426–1428
- Gilbert Forrester, 1425 x 1428–1462
- William Fechet, 1438
- David Haddow, x 1448
- David Stewart, 1448
- Richard Wylie, 1458–1467
- William Lawrie, 1467–1490
- David Pitcairn, 1500–1552
- James Pitcairn, 1551–1564 x 1565
- Arthur Erskine, 1563
- David Erskine, 1565–1611
- Thomas Burnett, 1608–1637