Archdeacon of Brechin

The Archdeacon of Brechin was the only archdeacon in the diocese of Brechin, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of Brechin. The archdeacon held the parish church of Strachan as a prebend from at least 1274.[1]

List of archdeacons of Brechin

The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:

• Gregory, 1189 x 1198–1218[2]
• Adam, 1242–1264[3]
• William de Cresswell, 1284–1285 x 1294[4]
• John de Kininmund, 1295–1298[5]
• Hugh de Selkirk, c. 1309–1309 x 1320
• Laurence de Haddington, 1324 x 1327
• Dáibhidh de Mar, 1342–1344[6]
• Domhnall de Mar, 1344–1349
• Laurence de Erroll, 1351–1352x1367
  • William de Greenlaw, 1352–1353[7]
• Laurence de Spens, 1363 x 1367–1369
• Stephen de Cellario, 1369–1383[8]
• Cuthbert Henryson, 1383–1387[9]
• Robert de Cardeny, 1391[10]
• Thomas Stewart, 1391–1393
• William de Ramsey, 1395
• David de Idvy, 1397–1420 x 1425
• Henry Ogilvie, 1425
• Richard de Crag, 1426–1428[11]
• Gilbert Forrester, 1425 x 1428–1462
• William Fechet, 1438
• David Haddow, x 1448
• David Stewart, 1448
• Richard Wylie, 1458–1467
• William Lawrie, 1467–1490
• David Pitcairn, 1500–1552
• James Pitcairn, 1551–1564 x 1565
• Arthur Erskine, 1563
• David Erskine, 1565–1611
• Thomas Burnett, 1608–1637

See also

• Bishop of Brechin

Notes

1. Cowan, Parishes, pp. 189, 215
2. Became Bishop of Brechin; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 72
3. Nepos of Bishop Albin of Brechin; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 72
4. Became Chancellor of Moray; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 72
5. Became Bishop of Brechin; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 72
6. Resigned 1344, exchanging position with Domhnall for Treasurer of Moray; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 72
7. Provided without ever gaining possession; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 73
8. Became Bishop of Brechin; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 73
9. Became Precentor of Brechin; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 73
10. Became Dean of Dunkeld (and later Bishop of Dunkeld); Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 73
11. Had possession for two years, but lost litigation to Gilbert Forrester; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 74

References

• Cowan, Ian B. (1967), The Parishes of Medieval Scotland, Scottish Record Society, vol. 93, Edinburgh: Neill & Co. Ltd
• Watt, D. E. R.; Murray, A. L., eds. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 25 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-19-8, ISSN 0143-9448