Archdeacon of Brechin
The Archdeacon of Brechin was the only archdeacon in the diocese of Brechin, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of Brechin. The archdeacon held the parish church of Strachan as a prebend from at least 1274.List of archdeacons of Brechin
The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:
- Gregory, 1189 x 1198-1218
- Adam, 1242-1264
- William de Cresswell, 1284-1285 x 1294
- John de Kininmund, 1295-1298
- Hugh de Selkirk, c. 1309-1309 x 1320
- Laurence de Haddington, 1324 x 1327
- Dáibhidh de Mar, 1342-1344
- Domhnall de Mar, 1344-1349
- Laurence de Erroll, 1351-1352x1367
- * William de Greenlaw, 1352-1353
- Laurence de Spens, 1363 x 1367-1369
- Stephen de Cellario, 1369-1383
- Cuthbert Henryson, 1383-1387
- Robert de Cardeny, 1391
- Thomas Stewart, 1391-1393
- William de Ramsey, 1395
- David de Idvy, 1397-1420 x 1425
- Henry Ogilvie, 1425
- Richard de Crag, 1426-1428
- Gilbert Forrester, 1425 x 1428-1462
- William Fechet, 1438
- David Haddow, x 1448
- David Stewart, 1448
- Richard Wylie, 1458-1467
- William Lawrie, 1467-1490
- David Pitcairn, 1500-1552
- James Pitcairn, 1551-1564 x 1565
- Arthur Erskine, 1563
- David Erskine, 1565-1611
- Thomas Burnett, 1608-1637
