The Archdeacon of Lothian was the head of the Archdeaconry of Lothian, a sub-division of the

Diocese of St Andrews The Archdiocese of St Andrews (originally the Diocese of St Andrews) was a territorial episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in early modern and medieval Scotland. It was the largest, most populous and wealthiest diocese of the medie ...

. 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 Lothian may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops before the decline in archdiaconal powers after the 13th century.

List of Archdeacons of Lothian

* Thorald, 1144-1165 * Andrew, 1165-1179 x 1184 *

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, 1189 x 1194-1199 *

John de Leicester John de Leicester (or Johannes de Lacester) († 1214) was an early 13th-century bishop of Dunkeld. Before becoming bishop, he had been archdeacon of Lothian. He was elected to the bishopric on 22 July 1211. As bishop-elect, he is present when Kin ...

, 1200-1212 * William de Bosco, 1214-1231 *

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, x 1233Became Bishop of Glasgow. * William de Maule, 1235-1251 * Thomas de Carnoto (or Charteris), 1260 x 1262-1267 * Robert Wishart, 1267 x 1271-1273 * Adam de Gullane, 1282 * William Frere, 1285-1306 * William de Eaglesham, 1317-1323 * Alexander de Kininmund, 1327-1329 * William Comyn, 1329-1336 x 1337 * John de Douglas, 1336 x 1337 * Walter de Moffat, 1340 x 1341-1357 x 1359 *

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, 1357 x 1359-1367 * David de Mar, 1367-1382 * Duncan Petit, 1380 * Thomas

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, 1382 *

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, 1386 * James Borthwick, 1390-1408 * John Stewart, x 1405 *

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(Lauder), 1405 -1408 * Alexander de Lilliesleaf, x 1408 *

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, 1408 -1419 * John Derling (Devlyn), 1409 *

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, 1419-1422 * William Croyser, 1419 * Edward de Lauder, 1419-1429/30 * David de Crannach, x 1429/30 * Thomas de Greenlaw, 1430-1431 * Gilbert Forrester, 1431 * Alexander de Newton, 1431-1433 * William Croyser 1433 - bef. Aug 1440 (deprived) * John de Lawedre (Lauder)(d.1474), bef. July 1443 – 1452/3 * William Croyser (d.1468), 1452 x 1453 - 1460 x 1461(7) * James Lindsay (de Covington ?), 1461-1468/9 * Nicholas Graham, 1469-1469 x 1470 * William Ferguson, 1470 *

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, 1470-1472Became

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* Archibald Whitelaw, 1470-1498 * Alexander Gisford, 1494-1507 *

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, 1498-1503 * John Brady, 1505-1525 * Henry Forsyth, 1525 x 1530/1 * John Hay, 1531 * Patrick Stewart, 1532-1539 x 1542. * Walter Betoun, 1546-1554 * Alexander Betoun, 1548-1584

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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. 309–14

List of Archdeacons of Lothian

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