The Archdeacon of Dunblane was the only archdeacon

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 Dunblane

Diocese of Dunblane

The Diocese of Dunblane or Diocese of Strathearn was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland, before the abolition of episcopacy in the Scottish Church in 1689. Roughly, it embraced the territories covered by the old earldoms of Strathearn and Menteith. The diocese was founded by the...

, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Dunblane

Bishop of Dunblane

The Bishop of Dunblane or Bishop of Strathearn was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunblane/Strathearn, one of medieval Scotland's thirteen bishoprics. It was based at Dunblane Cathedral, now a parish church of the Church of Scotland. The bishopric itself certainly derives from an older...

. The first archdeacon, Andrew (Aindréas), was called "Archdeacon of Modhel" (Muthill); archdeacons Jonathan, Gilbert and Luke were styled "Archdeacon of Dunblane", while John and Duncan were called "Archdeacon of Strathearn". It is only from Augustine of Nottingham that the title settles at "of Dunblane". The following is a list of archdeacons:

List of archdeacons

• Andrew, fl. 1165 x 1171
• Jonathan, fl. 1178 x 1197-x 1198
• John, x 1199-1203 x 1210
• Gilbert (Gille Brighde), x 1210-1235
• Luke de Muthill, 1239-1240
• Duncan (Donnchadh), fl. 1240 x 1255
• Augustine of Nottingham, fl. 1268-1283
• Walter of Montrose, 1287-1296
• William of Yetholm, fl. 1309 x 1313-1320 x 1321
• Thomas, fl. 1322 x 1328
• Walter de Coventry, fl. 1345
• Nicholas de Kinbuck, fl. 1358-1360
• Andrew Magnus
  Andrew Magnus
  Andrew Magnus was a 14th-century Scottish prelate. Of unknown background, he is recorded for the first time in a document dating to November 28, 1365, holding the position of Archdeacon of Dunblane...
  
  , x 1365-1372
• David Bell, 1375-1377
• Maurice of Strathearn, 1377-1398
• Fionnlagh MacCailein
  Fionnlagh MacCailein
  Fionnlagh MacCailein or Finlay Colini was a medieval Scottish bishop. Both his early life and the details of his career as Bishop of Dunblane are not well known, however it is known that he held the latter bishopric between 1403 and his death in 1419...
  
  , 1400 x 1402-1403
• Thomas Graham, 1410 x 1411-1414 x 1419
• Walter Stewart
  Walter Stewart (Archdeacon of St Andrews)
  Walter Stewart was a 15th century churchman in the Kingdom of Scotland. He was a cousin of King James II of Scotland, being like King James a grandson to King Robert III of Scotland; Walter went to university and obtained a Master of Arts....
  
  , x 1433-1456 x
• Andrew Purves, x 1474-1479 x 1480
  • Alexander Rate x 1474-1479 x 1480
  • William Scheves
    William Scheves
    William Scheves was the second Archbishop of St. Andrews. In his earlier ecclesiastical career, he had been clericus regiae and Master of the hospital of Brechin. In 1474 he was provided unsuccessful to the Archdeaconry of Dunblane, but by the beginning of 1477 he was Archdeacon of St Andrews...
    
    , 1474
• Duncan Bulle, 1480-1490
• Henry Allan, 1492-1504
• John Doby, 1506-1513
• Patrick Blackadder, d. 1519
• George Newton, 1521-1531 x 1533
• John Chisholm, 1531-1542
• John Danielston, 1542-1545
• William Gordon, 1545
• John Thornton, 1545
• George Wawane, x 1550-1558 x 1564
• James Chisholm, 1566-1595
• Patrick Stirling, 1606-1607
• Alexander Gaw, 1610-1615
• John Fife, 1616-1633
• William Bannatyne, 1635