Archdeacon of Aberdeen facts for kids

The Archdeacon of Aberdeen was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Aberdeen, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Aberdeen. The archdeacon held the parish church of Rayne as a prebend 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 1352-1355
• John Barbour, x 1357-1395
• Henry de Lichton, 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, 1479
• Robert Blackadder, 1475 x 1479
  • 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

See also

• Bishop of Aberdeen