The Archdeacon of Lothian was the head of the
Archdeaconry of Lothian, a sub-division of the
Diocese of St Andrews
The Archdiocese of St Andrews (originally the Diocese of St Andrews) was a territorial episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in early modern and medieval Scotland. It was the largest, most populous and wealthiest diocese of the mediev ...
. The position was one of the most important positions within the medieval Scottish church; because of his area's large population and high number of parish churches, the Archdeacon of Lothian may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops before the decline in archdiaconal powers after the 13th century.
List of Archdeacons of Lothian
* Thorald, 1144-1165
* Andrew, 1165-1179 x 1184
*
William de Malveisin
Guillaume or William de Malveisin (also, modern forms ''Malvoisin'' or ''Mauvoisin'') was Chancellor of Scotland, Bishop of Glasgow (1199/1200–1202) and then Bishop of St. Andrews (1202–1238).
William Malveisin was probably born in France. ...
, 1189 x 1194-1199
*
John de Leicester
John de Leicester (or Johannes de Lacester) († 1214) was an early 13th-century bishop of Dunkeld. Before becoming bishop, he had been archdeacon of Lothian. He was elected to the bishopric on 22 July 1211. As bishop-elect, he is present when K ...
, 1200-1212
* William de Bosco, 1214-1231
*
William de Bondington
William de Bondington († 1258) was a 13th-century Chancellor of Scotland and a bishop of Glasgow.
Biography
Before becoming bishop, William was rector of Eddleston, a prebendary of Glasgow, and archdeacon of Lothian. From the year 1231, Will ...
, x 1233
[Became Bishop of Glasgow.]
* William de Maule, 1235-1251
* Thomas de Carnoto (or Charteris), 1260 x 1262-1267
* Robert Wishart, 1267 x 1271-1273
* Adam de Gullane, 1282
* William Frere, 1285-1306
* William de Eaglesham, 1317-1323
*
Alexander de Kininmund, 1327-1329
* William Comyn, 1329-1336 x 1337
* John de Douglas, 1336 x 1337
* Walter de Moffat, 1340 x 1341-1357 x 1359
*
Walter de Wardlaw, 1357 x 1359-1367
* David de Mar, 1367-1382
* Duncan Petit, 1380
* Thomas
de Barry
The de Barry family is a noble family of Cambro-Norman origins which held extensive land holdings in Wales and Ireland. The founder of the family was a Norman Knight, Odo, who assisted in the Norman Conquest of England during the 11th century. ...
, 1382
*
Walter Forrester, 1386
* James Borthwick, 1390-1408
* John Stewart, x 1405
*
William de Lawedre (Lauder), 1405 -1408
* Alexander de Lilliesleaf, x 1408
*
Richard de Cornell, 1408 -1419
* John Derling (Devlyn), 1409
*
Columba de Dunbar
Columba de Dunbar ( 1386 – 1435) was Bishop of Moray from 1422 until his death at Spynie Palace near Elgin sometime before 7 November 1435.
Columba was "of Royal race", the third "lawful son of George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March" and his ...
, 1419-1422
* William Croyser, 1419
* Edward de Lauder, 1419-1429/30
* David de Crannach, x 1429/30
* Thomas de Greenlaw, 1430-1431
* Gilbert Forrester, 1431
* Alexander de Newton, 1431-1433
* William Croyser 1433 - bef. Aug 1440 (deprived)
* John de Lawedre (Lauder)(d.1474), bef. July 1443 – 1452/3
* William Croyser (d.1468), 1452 x 1453 - 1460 x 1461(7)
* James Lindsay (de Covington ?), 1461-1468/9
* Nicholas Graham, 1469-1469 x 1470
* William Ferguson, 1470
*
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 ...
, 1470-1472
[Became ]Bishop of Glasgow
The Archbishop of Glasgow is an archiepiscopal title that takes its name after the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The position and title were abolished by the Church of Scotland in 1689; and, in the Scottish Episcopal Church, it is now part of th ...
* Archibald Whitelaw, 1470-1498
* Alexander Gisford, 1494-1507
*
David Arnot, 1498-1503
* John Brady, 1505-1525
* Henry Forsyth, 1525 x 1530/1
* John Hay, 1531
* Patrick Stewart, 1532-1539 x 1542.
* Walter Betoun, 1546-1554
* Alexander Betoun, 1548-1584
Notes
Bibliography
* Lawrie, Sir Archibald, ''Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153'', (Glasgow, 1905)
* Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 309–14
See also
*
Archdeacon of St Andrews
*
Bishop of St Andrews
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