Archdeacon of Brechin

The Archdeacon of Brechin was the only archdeacon in the diocese of Brechin, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of Brechin. The archdeacon held the parish church of Strachan as a prebend from at least 1274.

List of archdeacons of Brechin
The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:


 * Gregory, 1189 x 1198–1218
 * Adam, 1242–1264
 * William de Cresswell, 1284–1285 x 1294
 * John de Kininmund, 1295–1298
 * Hugh de Selkirk, c. 1309–1309 x 1320
 * Laurence de Haddington, 1324 x 1327
 * Dáibhidh de Mar, 1342–1344
 * Domhnall de Mar, 1344–1349
 * Laurence de Erroll, 1351–1352x1367
 * William de Greenlaw, 1352–1353
 * Laurence de Spens, 1363 x 1367–1369
 * Stephen de Cellario, 1369–1383
 * Cuthbert Henryson, 1383–1387
 * Robert de Cardeny, 1391
 * Thomas Stewart, 1391–1393
 * William de Ramsey, 1395
 * David de Idvy, 1397–1420 x 1425
 * Henry Ogilvie, 1425
 * Richard de Crag, 1426–1428
 * Gilbert Forrester, 1425 x 1428–1462
 * William Fechet, 1438
 * David Haddow, x 1448
 * David Stewart, 1448
 * Richard Wylie, 1458–1467
 * William Lawrie, 1467–1490
 * David Pitcairn, 1500–1552
 * James Pitcairn, 1551–1564 x 1565
 * Arthur Erskine, 1563
 * David Erskine, 1565–1611
 * Thomas Burnett, 1608–1637