Archdeacon of Moray
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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:
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 Moray
Diocese of Moray
The Diocese of Moray was one of the most important of the medieval dioceses in Scotland. It was founded in the early years of the 12th century by David I of Scotland under its first bishop, Gregoir...
, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Moray
Bishop of Moray
The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics...
. The archdeacon held the parish churches
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 Forres
Forres
Forres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions...
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 MoraviaGilbert de MoraviaGilbert de Moravia , later known as Saint Gilbert of Dornoch, was the most famous Bishop of Caithness and founder of Dornoch Cathedral....
, 1206 x 1208-1222 x 1224 - Hugh, x 1225-1227 x
- Ranulf, x 1228-1232 x
- William, 1235-1249 x
- Archibald Herok, x 1258-1275
- John, fl. 1281 x 1299
- Stephen de DonydouerStephen de DonydouerStephen de Dunnideer [Donydouer, Donydoir, Dundore] was a 14th century bishop-elect of Glasgow. He was elected by the canons of the see of Glasgow either in December 1316 or early 1317...
, x 1316-1317 - Adam Penny, fl. 1327
- Alexander BurAlexander BurAlexander Bur was a 14th-century Scottish cleric. It is highly possible that Bur came from somewhere in or around Aberdeenshire, although that is not certain and is only based on the knowledge that Aberdeenshire is where other people bearing his surname come from in this period...
, 1350-1362 - 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
- 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 PaniterPatrick PaniterPatrick Paniter Scottish churchman and principal secretary to James IV of Scotland and the infant James V. The surname is usually written Paniter, or Painter, or occasionally Panter....
, 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 LesleyJohn LesleyJohn Lesley was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch.-Early career:...
, 1565-1567 - Gavin Dunbar, 1574-1613
- Patrick Tulloch, 1613-1638