The Archdeacon of Lothian was the head of the
Archdeaconry of Lothian
The Archdeaconry of Lothian, located in modern-day Scotland, was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese and in essence that part of the diocese which lay south of the River Forth, Forth. The Lothia ...
, 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, 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 Kin ...
, 1200-1212
* William de Bosco, 1214-1231
*
William de Bondington, 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, 1382
*
Walter Forrester
Walter Forrester (died 1425 or 1426), bishop of Brechin, was an administrator and prelate in later medieval Scotland. Originating in Angus, he came from a family of English origin who by the end of the 14th century had become well established i ...
, 1386
* James Borthwick, 1390-1408
* John Stewart, x 1405
*
William de Lawedre
William de Lawedre (modern spelling: Lauder) ( – 14 June 1425) was bishop of Glasgow and Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
Sometimes given (wrongly) as a son of Alan de Lawedre of Haltoun, he was in fact the son of Sir Robert de Lawedre of Edringt ...
(Lauder), 1405 -1408
* Alexander de Lilliesleaf, x 1408
*
Richard de Cornell
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
, 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, 1470-1472
[Became Bishop of Glasgow]
* Archibald Whitelaw, 1470-1498
* Alexander Gisford, 1494-1507
*
David Arnot David Arnot may refer to:
*David Arnot (bishop), 16th century Scottish bishop
*David Arnot (Canadian politician), Canadian senator
* David Arnot (minister), 19th century Scottish minister
* Sir David Arnot, 2nd Baronet of the Arnot baronets, represe ...
, 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
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Archdeacon of St Andrews
The Archdeacon of St Andrews was the head of the Archdeaconry of St Andrews, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. The position was one of the most important positions within the medieval Scotti ...
*
Bishop of St Andrews
The Bishop of St. Andrews ( gd, Easbaig Chill Rìmhinn, sco, Beeshop o Saunt Andras) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of St Andrews in the Catholic Church and then, from 14 August 1472, as Archbishop of St Andrews ( gd, Àrd-easbaig ...
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Lothian
Lothian (; sco, Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; gd, Lodainn ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Sco ...
Lothian