Archdeacon of Aberdeen

The Archdeacon of Aberdeen was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Aberdeen, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Aberdeen. The archdeacon held the parish church of Rayne as a prebend since 1256. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:

List of archdeacons of Aberdeen

 * Máel Coluim, fl. 1172 x 1179
 * Simon, fl. 1189 x 1203
 * Omer, fl. x 1207-1208 x
 * Máel Coluim, fl. 1224 x 1226-1250 x
 * Geoffrey, fl. 1259-1281
 * Alan de Moravia, x 1335-1341
 * John de Rait, 1342-1350
 * Alexander de Kininmund, x 1352-1355
 * John Barbour, x 1357-1395
 * Henry de Lichton, 1395 - 1396
 * Thomas Trail, 1395
 * John de Lichton, fl. 1395 x 1402
 * David Falconer, x 1407-1411
 * Thomas de Tyninghame, 1411-1439
 * Walter Stewart, 1440
 * Laurence Piot, 1440-1453 x 1454
 * James Lindsay	1454-1456
 * Laurence Piot (again), 1455-1465 x 1468
 * James Inglis, 1468
 * Alexander Rait, 1468-1475 x 1479
 * Robert Stewart, 1472-1474
 * Andrew Young, 1479
 * George Brown, 1479
 * Robert Blackadder, 1475 x 1479
 * James Lindsay, 1479-1495
 * John Fraser, 1480-1488
 * Gavin Vaiche, 1485 x 1486
 * Gavin Dunbar, 1487
 * Adam Elphinstone, 1490/1495 x 1499
 * Robert Elphinstone, 1499-1508
 * William Dowy, 1499-1500
 * Thomas Halkerston, 1508
 * Thomas Myrton, 1512-1540
 * Patrick Myrton (senior), 1530-1551
 * John Stewart,	1551-1563
 * James Erskine, 1565-1579
 * Robert Murray, 1584-1585
 * Walter Abercrombie, 1586-1620
 * Walter Richardson, 1586
 * Andrew Logie, 1624-1636