Archdeacon of Orkney

The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney, a sub-division of the Diocese of Orkney in Scotland. This archdeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland.

## List of known archdeacons of Orkney

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* William, 1309-1310
* William de Buchan, 1369-1372 (afterwards Archdeacon 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, 1627-1635

## Notes

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## References

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* Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 359–61

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Senior churchmen of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)

Archbishops|

* Glasgow (1492)
* St Andrews (1472)

Bishops|

* Aberdeen
* Argyll
* Brechin
* Caithness
* Dunblane
* Dunkeld
* Galloway
* Glasgow
* Isles (Sodor)
* Moray
* Orkney
* Ross
* St Andrews

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* Aberdeen
* Argyll
* Brechin
* Caithness
* Dunblane
* Dunkeld
* Galloway
* Glasgow
* Isles (Sodor)
* Lothian
* Moray
* Orkney
* Ross
* St Andrews
* Shetland
* Teviotdale

Abbots|

* Arbroath
* Balmerino
* Cambuskenneth
* Coupar Angus
* Crossraguel
* Culross
* Deer
* Dercongal (Holywood)
* Dryburgh
* Dundrennan
* Dunfermline
* Fearn
* Glenluce
* Holyrood
* Inchaffray
* Inchcolm
* Iona
* Jedburgh
* Kelso (Selkirk)
* Kilwinning
* Kinloss
* Lindores
* Melrose
* Newbattle
* Paisley
* Saddell
* Scone
* Soulseat
* Sweetheart
* Tongland

Priors|

* Ardchattan
* Beauly
* Blantyre
* Canonbie
* Coldingham
* Fogo
* Fyvie
* Inchmahome
* Lesmahagow
* May (Pittenweem)
* Monymusk
* Oronsay
* Perth
* Pluscarden
* Restenneth
* St Andrews
* St Mary's Isle
* St Serf's Inch, Loch Leven
* Strathfillan
* Urquhart
* Whithorn

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