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 Scottish church; because of his area's large population and high number of parish churches, the Archdeacon of St Andrews may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops. The following is a list of known archdeacons:
List of Archdeacons of St Andrews
Matthew, 1147 x 1152-1172
Walter de Roxburgh, 1173-1179 x 1188
Hugh de Roxburgh, 1189 x 1194-1199
Ranulf de Wat, 1199-1209
Laurence de Thorenton, 1209-1238 x 1240
Adam, 1240-1248
Abel de Golynn, 1250-1254
William Wishart, 1254-1273
Alpín of Strathearn, 1278
Gregory, 1279-1295
John Fraser, 1296-1297
Roger de Kingston, 1299
Adam de Mauchan/Machane, 1301-1304
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Robert de Lamberton, 1319-1323
James Bane, 1325-1328
William de Lindsay 1330.
William de Pilmuir, 1340-1345 x 1353
Henry Stupy, x 1353.
William Wys, 1353-1354
William de Greenlaw, 1353-1373
William de Chisholm, 1367
John de Peebles (Peblis), 1374 -1378 x 1379
Andrew de Trebrun, 1378
Thomas Stewart, 1380-1430
George Newton 1430 x 1431-1433
Richard de Creich, 1430-1432.
Thomas de Myrton (Merton), 1431-1433
William de Foulis, 1432-1441
John Legat, 1443-1451
Hugh Kennedy, x 1452 (?), 1454
John Kennedy, 1454
Hugh Douglas, 1454-1456 x 1457
Walter Stewart, 1456 x 1457-1472 x 1474
Hugh Douglas, 1466
William Scheves 1472 x 1474-1478
Robert Blackadder, 1477-1480
Andrew Stewart, 1479
Alexander Inglis, 1480-1496John Ireland, 1483-1485
Robert de Fontibus (Wells), 1497-1501
Alexander Stewart, 1502-1504
Gavin Dunbar, 1504-1519
Thomas Halkerston 1519-1521 x 1524
John Cantuly, 1524-1537
George Durie, 1526-1559
Robert Pitcairn, 1539-1584
George Young, 1584-1603
Alexander Gledstanes, 1612-1638
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