- Archdeacon of Caithness
The Archdeacon of Caithness was the only
archdeacon in theDiocese of Caithness , acting as a deputy of theBishop of Caithness . The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:List of archdeacons of Caithness
* John, fl. 1296
* Fercard Belegaumbe, fl. 1297-1304 x
* Andrew de Hirdmaniston, fl. 1328-1329
* John Todd, fl. 1329
* William de Forres, fl. 1355
* John de Lancford, 1358
* John de Moray, fl. 1365
* William Forrester, fl. 1382
*John de Innes , fl. 1396-1398
*Alexander Vaus , 1398-x 1407 [BecameBishop of Orkney .]
* Alexander Barber, 1407-1419 x 1421
* Thomas de Greenlaw, 1414-1419 x 1428
* Nicholas Tunnok, 1421-1422
* Thomas Duncan, 1426
* Thomas Tulloch, 1428-1437 [Later,Bishop of Ross .]
* James Bruce, 1437
* Laurence Piot, 1437-1440 [BecomesArchdeacon of Aberdeen .]
* Alexander Rattray, 1438-1440 x 1443
* Alexander Lichton, 1440
* David Reid, 1440
* David Stewart, 1440
* James Innes, 1440-1442
* Richard Dor, 1441
* William Sutherland, 1443-1443 x 1445
* Richard Holland, 1443 x 1445-1448
* Alexander Sutherland, 1445-1477
* Hector Tulloch, 1445
* James Forrester, 1497-1498
* George Stewart, fl. 1512
* John Dingwall, 1516-1532 x 1533
* James Brady, 1525-1556
* William Gordon, 1529
* John Sinclair, 1550 x 1551-1574 x 1578
* Robert Innes, 1577-1581
* Zachary Pont, 1608
* Richard Merchiston, 1619-1626 x 1633Notes
Bibliography
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 70-3
ee also
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Bishop of Caithness
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