- Source: Archdeacon of Galloway
The Archdeacon of Galloway was the only archdeacon in the medieval Diocese of Galloway (Whithorn), acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Galloway. The following is a list of archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Galloway
Robert, fl. 1154 x 1186
John, fl. 1186 x 1222
Michael, fl. 1235 x 1253
Geoffrey, 1254-1294
John Nepos, 1294-1294
Gilbert de Galloway (Galwidia), fl. 1320 x 1321
Patrick Macdowell, x 1331-1360
Stephen de Makerstoun (Malcarston), fl. x 1367.
Duncan Petit, fl. 1363
Richard Smerles fl. x 1391.
Thomas de Buittle, 1391 - 1415.
Gilbert Cavan, 1415-1415 x 1417.
John Gray, 1415 x 1417-1425
Patrick Young, 1423-1471
David de Hamilton, 1425
John Betoun, 1427-1428
John Benyng, 1430
Thomas Spens, x 1450
John Otterburn, 1471-1478
George Brown, 1477-1478
Andrew Stewart, 1502-1507
Walter Betoun, 1507
Thomas Nudry, 1509-1510 x 1512.
Alexander Shaw, 1512-1513
Henry Wemyss, 1513 x 1522-1531
Patrick Arnot, 1529-1543
Thomas Hay, 1531
Lyon Brown, 1576-1577
James Adamson, 1614-1637
References
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 136-8
See also
Bishop of Galloway