Archdeacon of Galloway
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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:
[edit] 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
[edit] Bibliography
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 136-8
