The Archdeacon of Moray was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Moray, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Moray. The archdeacon held the parish churches of Forres and Edinkillie as a prebends since 1207. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Moray Thomas, fl. 1179 x 1188 Robert, fl. 1197 x 1206 Gilbert de Moravia, 1206 x 1208-1222 x 1224Became Bishop of Caithness. Hugh, x 1225-1227 xPossibly Hugh de Douglas, brother of Bishop Bricius de Douglas. Ranulf, x 1228-1232 x William, 1235-1249 x Archibald Herok, x 1258-1275Became Bishop of Caithness. John, fl. 1281 x 1299 Stephen de Donydouer, x 1316-1317Became Bishop of Glasgow. Adam Penny, fl. 1327 Alexander Bur, 1350-1362Became Bishop of Moray. William de Forres, 1363-1370 Stephen, fl. 1371 Duncan Petit, x 1385-1385 x 1393 Hugh Dickson de Dalmahoy, 1393-1394 x James de Dunbar, 1397-1408 Adam de Nairn, 1408-1409x1414 William de Camera, 1408-x 1430 John de Forbes, x 1430 1430-1435 William de Dunbar, 1430-1435 Nicholas de Atholl, 1430-1435 Robert de Crannach, 1430-1433 Robert Scrymgeour, 1435 Henry Hervy, 1435-1438 x 1440 John de Atholl, 1435-1437 Duncan de Lichton, 1437 David Ogilvie, 1438 x 1440-1443 x 1444 Robert de Tulloch, 1443 Thomas Spens, 1444-1447 x 1448Became Archdeacon of Galloway, then Bishop of Galloway, then later Bishop of Aberdeen. Patrick Fraser, 1445-1448 x 1462 Archibald Whitelaw, 1462 x 1463-1466 x 1467 Thomas Cockburn, 1462 Archibald Knowles, 1467-1473 x 1475 Robert de Forrest, 1467-1467 x 1468 Alexander de Meldrum, 1467-1467 x 1468 Andrew of Forfar, 1468 John Edwardi (?Edwardson), 1468 John Garden, 1475-1479 John Calder, 1476 John Ruch, 1476 James Allardice, 1476-1506 x x1507 Alexander Crichton, x 1508 John Estoun, 1508 Patrick Paniter, 1509-1513 Thomas Nudry, 1510-1526 x 1527 James Douglas, 1527-1533 Alexander Hervy, 1529 Sixtus Zuchellus, 1529-1530 John Bellenden, 1533-1538 Archibald Dunbar, 1539-1551 x 1565 John Lesley, 1565-1567 Gavin Dunbar, 1574-1613 Patrick Tulloch, 1613-1638
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Bibliography Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 237–42
See also Bishop of Moray