Archdeacon of Dunkeld

The Archdeacon of Dunkeld was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Dunkeld, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Dunkeld. The following is a list of archdeacons:

List of archdeacons of Dunkeld

• Jocelin, 1177-1194
• Henry, 1200 x 1209-1220 x 1225
• William de Ednam, 1221 x 1225-1245
• John de Everley, 1251 x 1257-1263 x 1272
• W [...], fl. 1282^[1]
• Matthew de Kinross, 1263 x-1304
• William de Pilmuir, 1329-1330 x^[2]
• Robert de Den, 1340-1347 x 1349^[3]
• Walter de Wardlaw, 1349^[4]
• Adam Pullur, 1351-1351 x 1352
• John de Ethie, 1352
• Ingram de Ketenis, 1351 x 1359-1398 x 1407
• Richard de Cornell, 1398 x 1407-1408
• Richard Hunter, x 1408^[5]
• Alexander de Lilliesleaf, 1408-1415^[6]
• Alexander de Lauder, 1415-1440^[7]
• John Stewart, 1418
• Ingram Lindsay, 1421
• James Bruce, 1440-1441^[8]
• Adam de Montgomery, 1440-1455
• John Carrick, 1455-1468
• James Lindsay, 1465
• Nicholas Graham, 1467
• William Livingstone, 1468
• David Luthirdale, 1475-1479^[9]
• William Elphinstone, x 1476^[10]
• Alexander Tours, 1492-1507
• George Ferne, 1508-1517 x 1518
• John Carnavel, 1512
• William Meldrum, 1517 x 1518-1527
• David Meldrum, 1532-1550
• David Spens, 1547-1586
• James Spens, 1581
• John Ramsay, 1591 x 1610-1618
• Alexander Bruce, 1619-1633

Notes

1. Full name unknown; William or Walter are virtually the only names beginning with "w" used in the Scotland of the period.
2. Became Archdeacon of St Andrews.
3. Became Bishop of Dunkeld.
4. Provided to archdeaconry, though probably not successfully; was Archdeacon of Lothian by 1359 and Bishop of St Andrews in 1367.
5. Died 1408.
6. Became Archdeacon of Lothian.
7. Became Bishop of Dunkeld.
8. Became Bishop of Dunkeld and then Bishop of Glasgow.
9. Previously Archdeacon of Teviotdale.
10. Became Bishop of Ross and then Bishop of Aberdeen.

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. 119–22

See also

• Bishop of Dunkeld