Archdeacon of St Andrews

The Archdeacon of St Andrews was the head of the Archdeaconry of St Andrews, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. The position was one of the most important positions within the medieval Scottish church; because of his area's large population and high number of parish churches, the Archdeacon of St Andrews may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops. The following is a list of known archdeacons:

List of Archdeacons of St Andrews

 * Matthew, 1147 x 1152-1172
 * Walter de Roxburgh, 1173-1179 x 1188
 * Hugh de Roxburgh, 1189 x 1194-1199
 * Ranulf de Wat, 1199-1209
 * Laurence de Thorenton, 1209-1238 x 1240
 * Adam, 1240-1248
 * Abel de Golynn, 1250-1254
 * William Wishart, 1254-1273
 * Alpín of Strathearn, 1278
 * Gregory, 1279-1295
 * John Fraser, 1296-1297
 * Roger de Kingston, 1299
 * Adam de Mauchan/Machane, 1301-1304
 * Robert de Lamberton, 1319-1323
 * James Bane, 1325-1328.
 * William de Lindsay 1330.
 * William de Pilmuir, 1340-1345 x 1353
 * Henry Stupy, x 1353.
 * William Wys, 1353-1354
 * William de Greenlaw, 1353-1373
 * William de Chisholm, 1367
 * John de Peebles (Peblis), 1374 -1378 x 1379
 * Andrew de Trebrun, 1378
 * Thomas Stewart, 1380-1430
 * George Newton	1430 x 1431-1433
 * Richard de Creich, 1430-1432.
 * Thomas de Myrton (Merton), 1431-1433
 * William de Foulis, 1432-1441
 * John Legat, 1443-1451
 * Hugh Kennedy, x 1452 (?), 1454
 * John Kennedy, 1454
 * Hugh Douglas, 1454-1456 x 1457
 * Walter Stewart, 1456 x 1457-1472 x 1474
 * Hugh Douglas, 1466
 * William Scheves 1472 x 1474-1478
 * Robert Blackadder, 1477-1480
 * Andrew Stewart, 1479
 * Alexander Inglis, 1480-1496.
 * John Ireland, 1483-1485
 * Robert de Fontibus (Wells), 1497-1501
 * Alexander Stewart, 1502-1504
 * Gavin Dunbar, 1504-1519
 * Thomas Halkerston 1519-1521 x 1524
 * John Cantuly, 1524-1537
 * George Durie, 1526-1559
 * Robert Pitcairn, 1539-1584.
 * George Young, 1584-1603.
 * Alexander Gledstanes, 1612-1638
 * Alexander Gledstanes, 1612-1638