Archdeacon of Orkney
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The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney, a sub-division of the Diocese of Orkney. This archeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland.
[edit] List of known archdeacons of Orkney
- William, 1309-1310
- William de Buchan, 1369-1372[1]
- Johne Thome, x 1429
- John Patrickson, 1419
- William Brown, 1420
- Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422-1424
- Simon de Greenlaw, 1422
- Andrew de Tulloch, 1435-1447 x 1448
- Thomas Etal, 1438
- Christopher Gynnis, 1448-1449
- Nicholas Blair, 1449
- Andrew Wishart, 1451-1456 x 1461
- James Kinnaird, 1465-1481
- Humphrey Clerk, 1513
- John Tyrie, 1527-1559 x
- Gilbert Foulsie, 1561-1580
- Thomas Swentoun, 1586-1626 x 1627
- Francis Liddell, 1627-1635
[edit] Notes
- ^ Became Archdeacon of Shetland.
[edit] References
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 359-61
