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
 * Hugh, x 1225-1227 x
 * Ranulf, x 1228-1232 x
 * William, 1235-1249 x
 * Archibald Herok, x 1258-1275
 * John, fl. 1281 x 1299
 * Stephen de Donydouer, x 1316-1317
 * Adam Penny, fl. 1327
 * Alexander Bur, 1350-1362
 * 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
 * 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