- Archdeacon of Orkney
The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the
Archdeaconry ofOrkney , a sub-division of theDiocese of Orkney . This archeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being theArchdeacon of Shetland .List of known archdeacons of Orkney
* William, 1309-1310
* William de Buchan, 1369-1372 [BecameArchdeacon of Shetland .]
* Johne Thome, x 1429
* John Patrickson, 1419
* William Brown, 1420
* Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422-1424
* Simon de Greenlaw, 1422
* Andrew de Tulloch, 1435-1447 x 1448
* Thomas Etal, 1438
* Christopher Gynnis, 1448-1449
* Nicholas Blair, 1449
* Andrew Wishart, 1451-1456 x 1461
* James Kinnaird, 1465-1481
* Humphrey Clerk, 1513
* John Tyrie, 1527-1559 x
* Gilbert Foulsie, 1561-1580
* Thomas Swentoun, 1586-1626 x 1627
* Francis Liddell, 1627-1635Notes
References
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 359-61
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