Archdeacon of Moray

The Archdeacon of Moray was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Moray, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Moray. The archdeacon held the parish churches of Forres and Edinkillie as a prebends since 1207. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:

List of archdeacons of Moray

• Thomas, fl. 1179 x 1188
• Robert, fl. 1197 x 1206
• Gilbert de Moravia, 1206 x 1208-1222 x 1224^[1]
• Hugh, x 1225-1227 x^[2]
• Ranulf, x 1228-1232 x
• William, 1235-1249 x
• Archibald Herok, x 1258-1275^[3]
• John, fl. 1281 x 1299
• Stephen de Donydouer, x 1316-1317^[4]
• Adam Penny, fl. 1327
• Alexander Bur, 1350-1362^[5]
• William de Forres, 1363-1370
• Stephen, fl. 1371
• Duncan Petit, x 1385-1385 x 1393
• Hugh Dickson de Dalmahoy, 1393-1394 x
• James de Dunbar, 1397-1408
• Adam de Nairn, 1408-1409x1414
• William de Camera, 1408-x 1430
• John de Forbes, x 1430
• 1430-1435
• William de Dunbar, 1430-1435
• Nicholas de Atholl, 1430-1435 Robert de Crannach, 1430-1433; Robert Scrymgeour, 1435
• Henry Hervy, 1435-1438 x 1440
• John de Atholl, 1435-1437
• Duncan de Lichton, 1437
• David Ogilvie, 1438 x 1440-1443 x 1444
• Robert de Tulloch, 1443
• Thomas Spens, 1444-1447 x 1448^[6]
• Patrick Fraser, 1445-1448 x 1462
• Archibald Whitelaw, 1462 x 1463-1466 x 1467
• Thomas Cockburn, 1462
• Archibald Knowles, 1467-1473 x 1475
• Robert de Forrest, 1467-1467 x 1468
• Alexander de Meldrum, 1467-1467 x 1468
• Andrew of Forfar, 1468
• John Edwardi (?Edwardson), 1468
• John Garden, 1475-1479
• John Calder, 1476
• John Ruch, 1476
• James Allardice, 1476-1506 x x1507
• Alexander Crichton, x 1508
• John Estoun, 1508
• Patrick Paniter, 1509-1513
• Thomas Nudry, 1510-1526 x 1527
• James Douglas, 1527-1533 Alexander Hervy, 1529; Sixtus Zuchellus, 1529-1530
• John Bellenden, 1533-1538
• Archibald Dunbar, 1539-1551 x 1565
• John Lesley, 1565-1567
• Gavin Dunbar, 1574-1613
• Patrick Tulloch, 1613-1638