The Archdeacon of Lothian was the head of the Archdeaconry of Lothian, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews. 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 Lothian may have exercised more power than many Scottish bishops before the decline in archdiaconal powers after the 13th century.
List of Archdeacons of Lothian Thorald, 1144-1165 Andrew, 1165-1179 x 1184 William de Malveisin, 1189 x 1194-1199Became Bishop of Glasgow. John de Leicester, 1200-1212Became Bishop of Dunkeld. William de Bosco, 1214-1231 William de Bondington, x 1233Became Bishop of Glasgow. William de Maule, 1235-1251 Thomas de Carnoto (or Charteris) 1260 x 1262-1267 Robert Wishart, 1267 x 1271-1273 Adam de Gullane, 1282 William Frere, 1285-1306 William de Eaglesham, 1317-1323 Alexander de Kininmund, 1327-1329Became Bishop of Aberdeen. William Comyn, 1329-1336 x 1337 John de Douglas, 1336 x 1337 Walter de Moffat, 1340 x 1341-1357 x 1359 Walter de Wardlaw, 1357 x 1359-1367 David de Mar, 1367-1382 Duncan Petit, 1380 Thomas de Barry, 1382 Walter Forrester, 1386 James Borthwick, 1390-1408 John Stewart, x 1405 William de Lawedre (Lauder), 1405 -1408 Alexander de Lilliesleaf, x 1408 Richard de Cornell, 1408 -1419 John Derling (Devlyn), 1409 Columba de Dunbar, 1419-1422Became Bishop of Moray. William Croyser, 1419 Edward de Lauder, 1419-1429/30 David de Crannach, x 1429/30 Thomas de Greenlaw, 1430-1431 Gilbert Forrester, 1431 Alexander de Newton, 1431-1433 William Croyser 1433 - bef. Aug 1440 (deprived) John de Lawedre (Lauder)(d.1474), bef. July 1443 – 1452/3 William Croyser (d.1468), 1452 x 1453 - 1460 x 1461(7) James Lindsay (de Covington ?), 1461-1468/9 Nicholas Graham, 1469-1469 x 1470 William Ferguson, 1470 Robert Blackadder, 1470-1472Became Bishop of Glasgow Archibald Whitelaw, 1470-1498 Alexander Gisford, 1494-1507 David Arnot, 1498-1503 John Brady, 1505-1525 Henry Forsyth, 1525 x 1530/1 John Hay, 1531 Patrick Stewart, 1532-1539 x 1542. Walter Betoun, 1546-1554 Alexander Betoun, 1548-1584
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Bibliography Lawrie, Sir Archibald, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905) Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 309–14
See also Archdeacon of St Andrews Bishop of St Andrews