The Archdeacon of Aberdeen was the only

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in the

Diocese of Aberdeen Diocese of Aberdeen was one of the 13 (14, after 1633) dioceses of the Scottish church, before the abolition of the episcopacy in 1689. Early history A see was founded in 1063 at Mortlach, Scotland, Mortlach by Blessed Beyn. The earliest ment ...

, acting as a deputy of the

Bishop of Aberdeen The Bishop of Aberdeen (originally Bishop of Mortlach, in Latin Murthlacum) 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 Nech ...

. The archdeacon held the

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of Rayne as a

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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 Rait, 1342-1350 * Alexander de Kininmund, x 1352-1355Became Bishop of Aberdeen. *

John Barbour John Barbour may refer to: * John Barbour (poet) (1316–1395), Scottish poet * John Barbour (MP for New Shoreham), MP for New Shoreham 1368-1382 * John Barbour (footballer) (1890–1916), Scottish footballer * John S. Barbour (1790–1855), U. ...

, x 1357-1395 *

Henry de Lichton Henry de Lichton ''de Lychtone, Leighton(died 1440) was a medieval Scottish prelate and diplomat, who, serving as Bishop of Moray (1414–1422) and Bishop of Aberdeen (1422–1440), became a significant patron of the church, a cathedr ...

, 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 Brown George Brown may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter * George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist * George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor * G ...

, 1479 *

Robert Blackadder Robert 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 archbisho ...

, 1475 x 1479Became Bishop of Aberdeen, and later,

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. ** 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 * Thomas 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

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Bibliography

* Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 18-21

List of archdeacons of Aberdeen

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