- Archdeacon of Glasgow
The Archdeacon of Glasgow was the head of the
Archdeaconry of Glasgow , a sub-division of theDiocese of Glasgow . He was one of two archdeacons serving theBishop of Glasgow , the other one being theArchdeacon of Teviotdale . Thisarchdeacon (Glasgow) was responsible for region of the Diocese of Glasgow outside theTeviotdale region of theScottish Borders region. The position was an important position within the medieval Scottish church, because of the high number of parish churches in the archdeaconry.List of archdeacons of Glasgow
* Ascelin, 1126 x 1127-1153 x 1159
*Enguerrand , 1161 x 1162-1164 [BecameBishop of Glasgow .]
* Simon, 1166 x 1174-1195 x 1196
* Robert, 1195 x 1196-1222
* Thomas, 1222
* Thomas de Contravel, 1222-1227
* Hugh de Potton, 1227-1238
* Matthew de Aberdeen, 1238 x 1244
* Reginald de Irvine, 1245-1266 x 1268
* William de Lindsay, 1275
* James de Dalileye 1306-1308 x 1311
* John Wishart, x 1310-1337 [Became Bishop of Glasgow.]
* Guido Kieretti, 1342-1374
* Gregory de Maybole (?), 1367-1387
* Thomas Mercer, 1374 x 1377 -1379 x 1388
* Duncan Petit, 1388-1397
* John de Grangia, x 1394
* Henry de Wardlaw, x 1394-1403
* William MacMorrin, x 1403
* Simon de Mandeville, 1403-1409
** William de Camera, 1403
** John Forrester, 1403
* John Forrester, 1409-1414
** William de Glendinning, 1409-1413
** John Stewart, 1413-1414
* George de Borthwick, 1414-1446
* John Arous, 1447 x 1448-1468
* Archibald Whitelaw, 1468
* Hugh 'Danslas', 1468
* Gilbert Rerik, 1468-149
* John Gibson, 1495
* Patrick Blackadder, 1502 x 1505-1521 x 1524
* Alexander Dick, 1523 x 1538-1559x1560
* John Abercrombie, 1562
* Andrew Betoun, 1560-1563 x 1573
* Archibald Douglas, 1573-1610
* Theodore Hay, 1610-1638Notes
Bibliography
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 170-4
ee also
*
Archdeacon of Teviotdale
*Bishop of Glasgow
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