{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Archdeacon of St Andrews''' was the head of the [[Archdeaconry of St Andrews]], a subdivision of the [[Diocese of St Andrews]], from the 12th to the 17th century. The position was one of the most important positions within the medieval [[Scotland|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 [[Bishop|bishops]]. The following is a list of known archdeacons:
==List of Archdeacons of St Andrews== * [[Matthew (d. 1199)|Matthew]], 1147 x 1152-1172<ref>Became [[Bishop of Aberdeen]].</ref> * 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<ref>Became [[Bishop of St Andrews]].</ref> * [[William Wishart]], 1254-1273<ref name="Became Bishop of St Andrews">Became Bishop of St Andrews.</ref> * [[Alpín of Strathearn]], 1278<ref>Became [[Bishop of Dunblane]].</ref> * Gregory, 1279-1295 * John Fraser, 1296-1297 * Roger de Kingston, 1299 * Adam de Mauchan/Machane, 1301-1304 * ?<ref>[[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of St Andrews archdeacon used in this year, but name unknown.</ref> * Robert de Lamberton, 1319-1323 * [[James Bane]], 1325-1328.<ref name="Became Bishop of St Andrews"/> * 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 (Archdeacon of St Andrews)|Walter Stewart]], 1456 x 1457-1472 x 1474 * Hugh Douglas, 1466 * [[William Scheves]] 1472 x 1474-1478<ref>Became [[Archbishop of St Andrews]].</ref> * [[Robert Blackadder]], 1477-1480<ref name="Became Archbishop of St Andrews">Became Archbishop of St Andrews.</ref> * Andrew Stewart, 1479 * [[Alexander Inglis]], 1480-1496.<ref>Was [[Bishop of Dunkeld]] (elect) in 1483, but failed to attain the bishopric.</ref> ** [[John of Ireland|John Ireland]], 1483-1485<ref>The famous medieval philosopher; got provided after Alexander Inglis was elected as Bishop of Dunkeld; as this was unsuccessful, Inglis resumed his position as Archdeacon.</ref> * Robert de Fontibus (Wells), 1497-1501 * [[Alexander Stewart (Archbishop of St Andrews)|Alexander Stewart]], 1502-1504<ref name="Became Archbishop of St Andrews"/> * [[Gavin Dunbar (bishop of Aberdeen)|Gavin Dunbar]], 1504-1519<ref>Became Bishop of Aberdeen.</ref> * Thomas Halkerston 1519-1521 x 1524 * John Cantuly, 1524-1537 * [[George Durie]], 1526-1559<ref>Also [[Abbot of Dunfermline]].</ref> * [[Robert Pitcairn (commendator)|Robert Pitcairn]], 1539-1584.<ref>Also Abbot of Dunfermline.</ref> * [[George Young (diplomat)|George Young]], 1584-1603.<ref>Gordon Donaldson, ''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland: 1581–1584'', vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 488 no. 2757.</ref> * Alexander Gledstanes, 1612-1638
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 304–9
==See also== * [[Archdeacon of Lothian]] * [[Bishop of St Andrews]]
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