List of Deans of Moray
The following is a list of known Deans of Moray:
| DEAN | TENURE | EPISCOPATE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freskin | × 1207 × 1211-1226×1230 | Bricius de Douglas, Andreas de Moravia |
Probably surnamed de Douglas. He is attested as Dean in two documents, one dated 1207 × 1211, and one June 19, 1226. |
| Hugh | 1226×1230-1230 | Andreas de Moravia | Probably surnamed de Douglas. He is attested as Dean in one document, dated between June 19, 1226 (see above) and September 4, 1230 (see below). |
| Simon de Gunby | 1230×1232-1244 | Andreas de Moravia | Surname de Gunby is probable, not certain. He is attested as Dean in two documents, dated September 4, 1230 and July 26, 1232. He became Bishop of Moray in 1244. |
| Archibald | 1244×1249-1253 | Simon de Gunby | Surname unknown. His identification with the later bishop is very probable, though not certain. He is attested as Dean in two documents, dated February 4 and March 20, 1249. The Bishop Archibald was consecrated as Bishop in 1253. |
| Nicholas de Hedon | 1253-1254 × 1260 | Archibald | Nicholas was provided to the deanery by Pope Innocent IV. Thereafter he litigated with the locally elected dean, Andrew de Dunn, and emerged as successful on December 19, 1253. He was confirmed by Pope Innocent IV on January 7, 1254, and then reconfirmed by Pope Alexander IV a year or so later. |
| Andrew de Dunn | 1253 | Archibald | Elected locally, but lost out at papal curia to Nicholas de Hedon by end of the year. See above. |
| William de Dunn | 1254 × 1260-1275 × 1296 | Archibald | First attested as Dean on April 11, 1260. Attested again as Dean on January 10, 1275. Next known dean is first attested on August 28, 1296. |
| Walter Herok | 1275 × 1296-1329 | Archibald, David de Moravia, John de Pilmuir |
First attested as Dean on August 28, 1296. He was still in possession of deanery on March 15, 1329, but died later in the year at the papal curia while pursuing his election as Bishop of Aberdeen. |
| Andrew de Hirdmaniston | 1329-1333 × 1349 | John de Pilmuir | The pope provided him as Dean on September 19, 1329, following Herok. He is attested again on May 10, 1333, but not thereafter. |
| John Paniter | 1333 ×1345-1345 × 1349 | John de Pilmuir | He is not attested during his own lifetime, but is mentioned as the last and recently deceased Dean when sometime before November 8, 1349, but after January 25, 1345, his successor was confirmed in possession by the Pope. |
| William de Pilmuir | 1345 × 1349-1358 × 1368 | John de Pilmuir, Alexander Bur |
William became Dean sometime between January 25, 1345 and November 8, 1349. He is attested in possession again on May 2, 1358, but had died sometime before December 7, 1368. |
| Alexander de Kylwos | 1368-1371 | Alexander Bur | Kylwos was provided to the deanery on December 7, 1368. He had possession by December 19, 1370. Was provided as Bishop of Ross on May 9, 1371. |
| Thomas de Harcars | 1368 | Alexander Bur | According to papal documents, Harcars was provided to the deanery on December 11, 1368, despite the apparent provision of Kylwose four days before. He died sometime before May 3, 1370, apparently without ever having possession of the deanery. |
| Robert Sinclair | 1371-1391 | Alexander Bur | He was granted papal provision on May 28, 1371. He was provided as Bishop of Orkney on January 27, 1384, but on February 10 was granted dispensation to retain the deanery along with his Orkney bishopric, of which he never had possession (see Western Schism). This dispensation was revoked on March 21, 1391, after he became Bishop of Dunkeld, a bishopric of which he did gain possession. |
| Walter Trail | 1383 | Alexander Bur | Trail got provision to the Moray deanery on November 28, 1383 because Sinclair was expected to resign; that did not occur, for which see above. |
| John de Douglas | 1391-1424 × 1428 | Alexander Bur, William de Spynie, John de Innes, Henry de Lichton, Columba de Dunbar |
Douglas got papal provision after the revocation of Sinclair's provision on March 21, 1391. He was still in possession of the deanery on April 13, 1424. Date of death is not known, but it occurred before March 10, 1428. |
| John Derling | 1424 | Columba de Dunbar | Received provision to deanery on April 13, 1424, but died in the following month. It is unclear why Derling got this provision. |
| Walter Stewart | 1428-1433 × 1434 | Columba de Dunbar | Stewart was elected to the deanery following the death of Douglas (1424 × 1428), and had possession by August 11, 1428, when he received papal provision. Stewart still had possession on February 26, 1433, but had died sometime before January 9, 1434. |
| Thomas Archer | 1428-1428 × 1429 | Columba de Dunbar | Received papal provision on March 1428, presumably without knowing or in opposition to the election of Stewart. Sometime before May 1429 he had resigned his rights to Stewart in exchange for the position of Treasurer of Dunkeld. |
| William Turnbull | 1434-1435 | Columba de Dunbar, John de Winchester |
Turnbull received provision in the first half of 1434, after Walter Stewart's death. He litigated with James Stewart, and had lost possession to Stewart by November 11, 1435. |
| James Stewart | 1435-1460 | John de Winchester | After litigation with Turnbull, Stewart had won papal provision and possession by November 11, 1435. He held the deanery until he was provided as Bishop of Moray on May 19, 1460. |
| Andrew Stewart | 1460-1482 | James Stewart, David Stewart, William de Tulloch |
Andrew Stewart was provided to deanery on May 19, 1460, upon James Stewart's elevation to the bishopric. |
| Gavin Vaiche | 1482-1486 | Andrew Stewart | After elevation of Andrew Stewart to the bishopric, Vaiche, chaplain of the King, was present to the deanery; he received provision to the deanery on May 17, 1483. He was still in possession on September 3, 1486, but had died before December 26. |
| James Chisholm | 1482-1487 | Andrew Stewart | Chisholm claimed to have had papal provision to deanery after elevation to bishopric of Andrew Stewart. Does not seem to have ever had possession. He resigned his right on March 1, 1487, but got new provision on March 27, despite being provided as Bishop of Dunblane in the previous January. |
| William Turnbull | 1484-1487 | Andrew Stewart | Turnbull received papal provision in sometime after August 14, 1484, but resigned his rights on September 18. |
| Gavin Dunbar senior | 1484/6-1518 | Andrew Stewart, Andrew Forman James Hepburn |
Dunbar had some rights to the deanery in 1484, which he resigned in the same year. After the death of Vaiche in 1486, he was elected by the chapter; in the following year, 1487, he was confirmed by both the Bishop of Moray and the Pope. He resigned the running of the deanery to Gavin Dunbar junior in 1517, but retained the rights to the fruits of the benefice. He resigned these to Gavin Dunbar junior after being provided as Bishop of Aberdeen on November 5, 1518. |
| James Lindsay | 1486-1488 | Andrew Stewart | Lindsay was provided by the Pope to deanery after Vaiche's death, perhaps in ignorance of the election of Dunbar. He resigned his rights to Dunbar on March 28, 1488, without ever having obtained possession. |
| John Spens | 1487-1488 | Andrew Stewart | Spens got provision on April 26, 1486. On August 23, 1487, he agreed to accept a pension from Dunbar, and on this was formally approved by Rome on June 29, 1488. He never obtained possession. |
| Gavin Dunbar junior | 1517-1525 | James Hepburn | Dunbar was provided to deanery, without fruits, on September 11, 1517; in the following year the Dean Gavin Dunbar senior resigned these fruits after becoming Bishop of Aberdeen. Dunbar was consecrated as Archbishop of Glasgow on February 5, 1525. |
| Alexander Dunbar senior | 1525-1548/9 | Robert Shaw, Alexander Stewart, Patrick Hepburn |
First occurs as Dean on March 26, 1525. The deanery was resigned to David Dunbar in 1548, though David was denied the fruits of the office. Alexander Dunbar however was dead by December 18, 1549. |
| David Dunbar | 1548/9-1557 | Patrick Hepburn | He was granted provision without fruits on January 12, 1548. Presumably he gained these in the following year when Alexander Dunbar died. David Dunbar died a short time before February 28, 1557. |
| Alexander Campbell senior | 1557-1563 | Patrick Hepburn | He received crown presentation to the deanery following David Dunbar's death in 1557. He was instituted as Dean in March 1557. He appears to have agreed to renounce his rights in favour of Alexander Dunbar (see below) on February 2, 1560 in exchange for five year tack of the fruits, but Campbell was styled being styled "Dean" (and Dunbar "Succentor") until 1563, when his nephew John Campbell took over. |
| John Campbell | 1563-1566 | Patrick Hepburn | He was provost of Kilmun when he succeeded his uncle John. He received crown presentation on April 29, 1563, and then again on July 6, 1564. He resigned his rights to the deanery to Alexander Dunbar on July 25, 1566, in return for a pension, though sources still (accurately or not) style him as such in 1568. |
| Alexander Dunbar junior | 1557/65/66-1590/3 | Patrick Hepburn, George Douglas |
The son of David Dunbar, and succentor of Moray upon father's death, he was claiming right of succession by right of papal provision. He received crown presentation and permission to seek confirmation from Rome on September 30, 1559, but this did not work out because of the Scottish Reformation. He was still only succentor on December 10, 1565, when the crown recognised his superior right over Campbell, and although he was instituted as Dean on December 24, it was not until June 27, 1566, that he is first styled "Dean". He resigned on or shortly before June 21, 1590, in order to pave the way for his son Thomas Dunbar, but retained the fruits of the benefice until his death in 1593. |
| Thomas Dunbar | 1590-1620 | George Douglas None (1589-1602) Alexander Douglas |
On June 24, 1590, he received crown presentation to the deanery, following the resignation of Alexander Dunbar. He became Presbytyr of Forres on March 4, 1591. He was minister of Nairn in 1590, becoming minister of Auldearn from 1591. He died in possession in December 1620. |
| John Brodie | 1621-1655 | Alexander Douglas, John Guthrie |
Brodie was presented to the benefice by Alexander Lindsay, Lord Spynie; on January 31, 1622, Brodie obtained a decree forcing his parishioners to pay him the fruits of the benefice for the year 1621. He occurs as "Dean" on January 23, 1623, but styled "Minister of Auldearn" thereafter although styled occasionally referred to as "the dean". He died, still in possession of the benefice, on January 7, 1655. |
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