14 June 2022

The Medieval Church in the Isles, Part 14: Pre-Reformation Dioceses, Archdeaconries, & Rural Deaneries


Here you will find the dioceses in the various churches in the British Isles at the end of the Middle Ages and start of the Reformation broken down into archdeaconries (every diocese had at least one), which are further broken down into rural deaneries, if such existed, which in several dioceses, they did not.  The dioceses are organized by province; the churches of Wales and the Isle of Mann, both of which were in the Province of Canterbury, are separated though still listed within the province.

At the Reformation, several the offices in rural deaneries were vacant, especially in Ireland, but the deaneries themselves existed.

Church in England, Wales, and Mann at the Reformation

I found most of this information in the 14th century Valuation of Norwich and in 1835 work of William Dansey, rector of Donhead, Wiltshire, and canon of Salisbury, written as part of a campaign to revive the deaneries which had all lain dormant since the Reformation.

Province of Canterbury:

Archdiocese of Canterbury
        Archdeaconry of Canterbury
                Deanery of Bridge
                Deanery of Canterbury
                Deanery of Charing
                Deanery of Dover
                Deanery of Elham
                Deanery of Lympne
                Deanery of Ospringe
                Deanery of Sandwich
                Deanery of Sittingbourne
                Deanery of Sutton-Valance
                Deanery of Westbere

Diocese of Bath and Wells
        Archdeaconry of Bath
                Deanery of Bath
                Deanery of Bedminster
                Deanery of Redcliffe
        Archdeaconry of Taunton
                Deanery of Bridgewater
                Deanery of Crewkerne
                Deanery of Dunster
                Deanery of Taunton
        Archdeaconry of Wells
                Deanery of Axbridge
                Deanery of Carey
                Deanery of Fromme
                Deanery of Glastonbury
                Deanery of Ilchester
                Deanery of Merston
                Deanery of Pawlett

Diocese of Chichester
        Archdeaconry of Chichester
                Deanery of Arundel
                Deanery of Borgrove
                Deanery of Chichester
                Deanery of Midhurst
                Deanery of Pagham
                Deanery of Storington
                Deanery of Terring
        Archdeaconry of Lewes
                Deanery of Dallington
                Deanery of Hastings
                Deanery of Lewes
                Deanery of Pevensey
                Deanery of South-Malling

Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
        Archdeaconry of Chester
                Deanery of Blackburn
                Deanery of Chester
                Deanery of Frodsham
                Deanery of Macclesfield
                Deanery of Malpas
                Deanery of Manchester
                Deanery of Middlewich
                Deanery of Nantwich
                Deanery of Warrington
        Archdeaconry of Coventry
                Deanery of Arden
                Deanery of Coventry
                Deanery of Marten
                Deanery of Stoneley
        Archdeaconry of Derby
                Deanery of Alto-Pecco (High Peak)
                Deanery of Ashborne
                Deanery of Castillar
                Deanery of Chesterfield
                Deanery of Derby
                Deanery of Repington
        Archdeaconry of Salop
                Deanery of Newport
                Deanery of Salop
        Archdeaconry of Stafford
                Deanery of Lapley and Treizell
                Deanery of Leeke and Alton
                Deanery of Newcastle and Stone
                Deanery of Tamworth and Tutbury

Diocese of Ely
        Archdeaconry of Ely
                Deanery of Abington
                Deanery of Barton
                Deanery of Bourne (Knapwell)
                Deanery of Cambridge
                Deanery of Camps (Wilbraham)
                Deanery of Chesterton
                Deanery of Ely
                Deanery of Shengay
                Deanery of Wisbech

Diocese of Exeter
        Archdeaconry of Barnstable
                Deanery of Barum (Barnstable)
                Deanery of Chulmleigh
                Deanery of Hartland
                Deanery of Shirwell
                Deanery of Southmolton
                Deanery of Torrington
        Archdeaconry of Cornwall
                Deanery of Bodmin
                Deanery of East Wivelshire
                Deanery of Kerrier
                Deanery of Penryn (Penwith)
                Deanery of Powdershire
                Deanery of Pydarshire
                Deanery of St. German’s
                Deanery of Trigg Major
                Deanery of Trigg Minor
                Deanery of West Wivelshire
        Archdeaconry of Exeter
                Deanery of Aylesbeare
                Deanery of Cadbury
                Deanery of Exeter
                Deanery of Dunkeswell
                Deanery of Dunsford
                Deanery of Honiton
                Deanery of Kenne
                Deanery of Plymtree
                Deanery of Tiverton
        Archdeaconry of Totnes
                Deanery of Holsworthy
                Deanery of Ipplepen
                Deanery of Moreton
                Deanery of Okehampton
                Deanery of Plympton
                Deanery of Tamerton
                Deanery of Tavistock
                Deanery of Totnes
                Deanery of Woodleigh

Diocese of Hereford
        Archdeaconry of Hereford
                Deanery of Fromme
                Deanery of Ichingfield
                Deanery of Lempster (Leominster)
                Deanery of Ross
                Deanery of Weobly
                Deanery of Weston
        Archdeaconry of Shropshire (Salop)
                Deanery of Burford
                Deanery of Clun
                Deanery of Ludlow
                Deanery of Pontesbury
                Deanery of Stottesdon
                Deanery of Wenlock

Diocese of Lincoln
        Archdeaconry of Bedford
                Deanery of Bedford
                Deanery of Clapham
                Deanery of Dunstable
                Deanery of Eaton
                Deanery of Fleete
                Deanery of Shefford
        Archdeaconry of Buckingham
                Deanery of Buckingham
                Deanery of Burnham
                Deanery of Mursley
                Deanery of Newport-Pagnell
                Deanery of Waddeson
                Deanery of Wendover
                Deanery of Wycombe
        Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
                Deanery of Baldock
                Deanery of Berkhampstead
                Deanery of Hertford
                Deanery of Hitchin
                Deanery of Huntingdon
                Deanery of Leightonstone
                Deanery of St. Ives
                Deanery of St. Neots
                Deanery of Yaxley
        Archdeaconry of Leicester
                Deanery of Akeley
                Deanery of Framland
                Deanery of Gartree
                Deanery of Goscote
                Deanery of Goodlaxton
                Deanery of Sparkenhoe
        Archdeaconry of Lincoln
                Deanery of Aveland
                Deanery of Beltislaw
                Deanery of Bolingbroke
                Deanery of Calcewaith
                Deanery of Candleshoe
                Deanery of Gartree
                Deanery of Graffoe
                Deanery of Grantham
                Deanery of Grimsby
                Deanery of Holland
                Deanery of Horncastle and Hill
                Deanery of Lafford (Ashwardhurn)
                Deanery of Lincoln
                Deanery of Longobovey
                Deanery of Loutheske and Ludburgh
                Deanery of Loveden
                Deanery of Nesse
                Deanery of Stamford
                Deanery of Walshcroft
                Deanery of Wraghoe
                Deanery of Yarsborough
        Archdeaconry of Northampton
                Deanery of Brackley
                Deanery of Daventry
                Deanery of Haddon
                Deanery of Higham-Ferrers
                Deanery of Northampton
                Deanery of Oakham-Soke
                Deanery of Oundle
                Deanery of Peterborough
                Deanery of Preston
                Deanery of Rothwell
                Deanery of Rutland (Martinsley)
                Deanery of Welton (Welden)
                Deanery of Wrungdike
        Archdeaconry of Oxford
                Deanery of Aston
                Deanery of Bicester (Burcester)
                Deanery of Chipping-Norton
                Deanery of Cuddesdon
                Deanery of Deddington
                Deanery of Dorchester
                Deanery of Henley
                Deanery of Oxford
                Deanery of Whitney
                Deanery of Woodstock (Bladon)
        Archdeaconry of Stow
                Deanery of Aslackoe
                Deanery of Corringham
                Deanery of Lawress
                Deanery of Manlake 

Diocese of London
        Archdeaconry of Colchester
                Deanery of Colchester
                Deanery of Lexden
                Deanery of Newport
                Deanery of Sampford
                Deanery of Tendring
                Deanery of Witham
        Archdeaconry of Essex
                Deanery of Barking
                Deanery of Barstable
                Deanery of Chafford
                Deanery of Chelmsford
                Deanery of Dengie
                Deanery of Ongar
                Deanery of Rochford
        Archdeaconry of London
                No deaneries
        Archdeaconry of Middlesex
                Deanery of Braughing
                Deanery of Dunmow
                Deanery of Harlow
                Deanery of Hedingham
                Deanery of Middlesex
        Archdeaconry of St. Alban’s
                No deaneries

Diocese of Norwich
        Archdeaconry of Norfolk
                Deanery of Brooke
                Deanery of Burnham
                Deanery of Cranwich
                Deanery of Depwade
                Deanery of Fincham
                Deanery of Hingham
                Deanery of Hitcham
                Deanery of Humbleyard
                Deanery of Redenhall
                Deanery of Repps
                Deanery of Rockland
                Deanery of Waxham
        Archdeaconry of Norwich
                Deanery of Blofield
                Deanery of Breckles
                Deanery of Brisley
                Deanery of Flegg
                Deanery of Holt
                Deanery of Ingworth
                Deanery of Lynne
                Deanery of Norwich
                Deanery of Sparham
                Deanery of Taverham
                Deanery of Tostres
                Deanery of Walsingham
        Archdeaconry of Sudbury
                Deanery of Blackbourne
                Deanery of Clare
                Deanery of Fordham
                Deanery of Hartismere
                Deanery of Stow
                Deanery of Sudbury
                Deanery of Thedwastre
                Deanery of Thingoe
        Archdeaconry of Suffolk
                Deanery of Bosmere
                Deanery of Carlesford
                Deanery of Claydon
                Deanery of Colneys
                Deanery of Dunwich
                Deanery of Hoxon (Hoxne)
                Deanery of Ipswich
                Deanery of Loose (Loes)
                Deanery of Lothingland
                Deanery of Orford
                Deanery of Sampford
                Deanery of Wangford (Waynford)
                Deanery of Wilford

Diocese of Rochester
        Archdeaconry of Rochester
                Deanery of Dartford
                Deanery of Fordham
                Deanery of Milling
                Deanery of Rochester
                Deanery of Shoreham

Diocese of Salisbury
        Archdeaconry of Berkshire
                Deanery of Abingdon
                Deanery of Newbury
                Deanery of Reading
                Deanery of Wallingford
        Archdeaconry of Dorset
                Deanery of Bridport
                Deanery of Dorchester
                Deanery of Pimperne
                Deanery of Shaftesbury
                Deanery of Whitchurch
        Archdeaconry of Salisbury
                Deanery of Amesbury
                Deanery of Chalke
                Deanery of Potterne
                Deanery of Wilton
                Deanry of Wylyle
        Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
                Deanery of Avebury
                Deanery of Cricklade
                Deanery of Malmesbury
                Deanery of Marlborough

Diocese of Winchester
        Archdeaconry of Surrey
                Deanery of Ewell
                Deanery of Southwark
                Deanery of Stoke
        Archdeaconry of Winchester
                Deanery of Arlesford
                Deanery of Alton
                Deanery of Andover
                Deanery of Basingstroke
                Deanery of Drokinsford
                Deanery of Fordingbridge
                Deanery of Somborne
                Deanery of Southampton
                Deanery of Isle of Wight
                Deanery of Winchester

Diocese of Worcester
        Archdeaconry of Gloucester
                Deanery of Campden
                Deanery of Cirencester
                Deanery of Dursley
                Deanery of Fairford
                Deanery of Forest
                Deanery of Gloucester
                Deanery of Hawesbury
                Deanery of Stonehouse
                Deanery of Stow
                Deanery of Winchcombe
        Archdeaconry of Worcester
                Deanery of Blockley
                Deanery of Droitwich
                Deanery of Evesham
                Deanery of Kidderminster
                Deanery of Kinneton
                Deanery of Pershore
                Deanery of Powick
                Deanery of Warwick
                Deanery of Worcester

Wales (Province of Canterbury):

Diocese of St. Asaph’s
        Archdeaconry of St. Asaph’s
                Deanery of Bromfield
                Deanery of Carenion
                Deanery of Idernion
                Deanery of Keviliock
                Deanery of Kydewen
                Deanery of Marchia
                Deanery of Mothwy
                Deanery of Mould
                Deanery of Oswestry
                Deanery of Penlly
                Deanery of Poole
                Deanery of Rhos
                Deanery of Rufoniog
                Deanery of St. Asaph’s
                Deanery of Tegengle
                Deanery of Yale

Diocese of Bangor
        Archdeaconry of Bangor
                Deanery of Arvon (Uchor and Ister)
                Deanery of Arllechwedd (Uchaph)
                Deanery of Isaph Nanconway and Cruthyn
                Deanery of Lleyn
        Archdeaconry of Merioneth
                Deanery of Ardudwy and Estimanner
                Deanery of Arnsey
                Deanery of Diffrynclwyd and Merch
                Deanery of Evionydd
        Archdeaconry of Anglesey
                Deanery of Dynydd and Turkely
                Deanery of Llivon and Talybolion
                Deanery of Meney and Maltraith
                Deanery of Twrelyn

Diocese of Llandaff
        Archdeaconry of Llandaff
                Deanery of Abergavenny
                Deanery of Gronneath (Cowbridge)
                Deanery of Llandaff
                Deanery of Nether Went
                Deanery of Newport
                Deanery of Usk

Diocese of St. David’s
        Archdeaconry of Brecon
                Deanery of Brecon
                Deanery of Buelte
                Deanery of Elwell
                Deanery of Melineth
        Archdeaconry of Cardigan
                Deanery of Emlyn
                Deanery of Kemmes
                Deanery of Sub-Ayron
                Deanery of Ultra-Aylon
        Archdeaconry of Carmarthen
                Deanery of Carmarthen
                Deanery of Kidwelly
                Deanery of Landilo and Llan-Gadog
                Deanery of Gower
        Archdeaconry of St. David’s
                Deanery of Dongledie
                Deanery of Pebidiawke
                Deanery of Pembroke
                Deanery of Rouse

Isle of Mann (Province of Canterbury):

Diocese of Sodor and Mann
        Archdeaconry of Mann
                No deaneries

Channel Islands (Province of Rouen):

The Channel Islands were (and still are) the last remaining possession of the English crown in Normandy.  Though officially in the Diocese of Salisbury since a Papal Bull of 1496, their churches remained functionally part of the Diocese of Coutances in the Province of Rouen, making up a large part of the Archdeaconry of the Isles (later ‘of the Bauptois’), the seat of which was at Baupte, until they were transferred to the Diocese of Winchester by Elizabeth I in 1569.  The island of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, remained a possession of the Bishop of Coutances until 1586.  The islands were not made part of an archdeaconry of the diocese but came directly under the bishop.

Diocese of Coutances
        Archdeaconry of the Isles
                Deanery of Jersey
                Deanery of Guernsey

Province of York:

Archdiocese of York
Cathedral:  St. Peter’s, York, Yorkshire
        Archdeaconry of Cleveland
                Deanery of Bulmer
                Deanery of Cleveland
                Deanery of Ryedale
        Archdeaconry of East Riding
                Deanery of Buckrose
                Deanery of Dickering
                Deanery of Harthill
                Deanery of Holderness
        Archdeaconry of Nottingham
                Deanery of Bingham
                Deanery of Newark
                Deanery of Nottingham
                Deanery of Retford
                Deanery of Southwell
        Archdeaconry of Richmond
                Deanery of Amounderness
                Deanery of Boroughbridge
                Deanery of Catterick
                Deanery of Coupland
                Deanery of Furness
                Deanery of Kendal
                Deanery of Kirkby-Lonsdale
                Deanery of Richmond
        Archdeaconry of York
                Deanery of Ainsty
                Deanery of Craven
                Deanery of Doncaster
                Deanery of Pontefact
                Deanery of York

Diocese of Carlisle
        Archdeaconry of Carlisle
                Deanery of Allerdale
                Deanery of Carlisle
                Deanery of Penrith
                Deanery of Westmoreland

Diocese of Durham
        Archdeaconry of Durham
                Deanery of Chester-le-Street
                Deanery of Darlington
                Deanery of Easington
                Deanery of Stockton
        Archdeaconry of Northumberland
                Deanery of Alnwick
                Deanery of Bamburgh
                Deanery of Corbridge
                Deanery of Morpeth
                Deanery of Newcastle-upon-Tyne


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Church in Ireland at the Reformation

Finding the deaneries of Ireland was the most difficult.  The article “The meddieval rural dean and rural deanery in Ireland” by Paul MacCottar was quite helpful, especially listing the dioceses which did actually have no deaneries at all, but it still only listed a few of these.

The church in Ireland after the Cambro-Norman (1169) and Anglo-Norman (1172) invasions became split between the Ecclesia inter Anglicos and the Ecclesia inter Hibernicos.  The former predominated especially with The Pale, the “four obedient shires” of Cos. Dublin, Meath, Louth, and Kildare, but also in northeast Ulster (Cos. Antrim and Down), the rest of Leinster, and most of Munster.  The second predominated in Connact, including its old southern territories in Co. Clare, and the remainder of Ulster.

Put simplistically, Ecclesia inter Hibernicos included the dioceses of Armagh, Derry, Raphoe, Clogher, Kilmore, Ardagh, Elphin, Achonry, Killala, Tuam, Annaghdown, Kilmacduagh, Kilnefora, Killaloe, Clonfert, Clonmacnoise, Elphin, Ardagh, and Ross.  Likewise simplistically, Ecclesia inter Anglicos included the dioceses of Down and Connor, Dromore, Meath, Dublin, Kildare, Leighlin, Ferns, Ossory, Waterford and Lismore, Cloyne, Cork, Cashel, Emly, Limerick, and Ardfert.

This division was not, however, cut and dried, and it waxed and waned according to the degree of control from England.  Because it has the best records from the medieval period (those of the others having largely been destroyed), the best illustration of this internal division is the Archdiocese of Armagh, whose bishop was always English or Hiberno-English (with one Italian) but whose sole archdeadon was always native Irish.  Its cathedral also hosted the last surviving chapter of Culdees.

Province of Armagh:

Archdiocese of Armagh
       Archdeaconry of Armagh
        (Armagh inter Anglicos)
                Deanery of Ardee
                Deanery of Drogheda
                Deanery of Dundalk
        (Armagh inter Hibernicos)
                Deanery of Tullyhogue
                Deanery of Orior

Diocese of Ardagh
        Archdeaconry of Ardagh
                No deaneries

Diocese of Clogher
        Archdeaconry of Clogher
                Deanery of Clones (Clanaeda)
                Deanery of Donaghmoyne
                Deanery of Lough Erne

Diocese of Derry
        Archdeaconry of Derry
                Deanery of Binnagh (Rathlowry)
                Deanery of Inishowen (Derry)
                Deanery of Mahey (Magurtha)

Diocese of Down and Connor (united 1439)
        Archdeaconry of Connor
                Deanery of Moyliny (Maulyne)
                Deanery of Mourne
                Deanery of Tutere (Turtrye)
                Deanery of Twescard (Tuscardy, Tuischeart)
        Archdeaconry of Down
                Deanery of Ards
                Deanery of Blaethwyc
                Deanery of Clondermod
                Deanery of Dalboyn (Delvin)
                Deanery of Lechayll

Diocese of Dromore
        Archdeaconry of Dromore
                Deanery of Aghaderg
                Deanery of Dromore
                Deanery of Kilbroney
                Deanery of Kilmegan

Diocese of Kilmore (Tirbriuin)
        Archdeaconry of Kilmore
                No deaneries

Diocese of Meath
        Archdeaconry of Meath
                Deanery of Athboy
                Deanery of Clara
                Deanery of Clonard
                Deanery of Duleek
                Deanery of Dunshaughlin
                Deanery of Fore
                Deanery of Loughsuedy
                Deanery of Mullingar
                Deanery of Ratoath
                Deanery of Skreen
                Deanery of Slane
                Deanery of Trim
        Archdeaconry of Kells (Nobber)

Diocese of Raphoe
        Archdeaconry of Raphoe
                No deaneries

Province of Cashel:

Archdiocese of Cashel
        Archdeaconry of Cashel
                Deanery of Ely
                Deanery of Fethard
                Deanery of Owthny (Killenaule)
                Deanery of Muskery
                Deanery of Slewardagh

Diocese of Ardfert
        Archdeaconry of Ardfert
                Deanery of O’Dorney (O’Thorna and O’Flannan)
                Deanery of Rathygg
                Deanery of Trughenacmy (Hacnye)
        Archdeaconry of Aghadoe
                Deanery of Aghadoe (Hacudeo)
                Deanery of Offeria (Corcaguiney)

Diocese of Cloyne
        Archdeaconry of Cloyne
                Deanery of Fermoy
                Deanery of Muskerry-Donegan
                Deanery of Muskerry
                Deanery of Olethan
                Deanery of Omakill

Diocese of Cork
        Archdeaconry of Cork
                Deanery of Corkolwyn
                Deanery of Kerry
                Deanery of Kilmoan Fernlowe
                Deanery of Kinalea Citra
                Deanery of Kinalea Ultra
                Deanery of Ocurblethan

Diocese of Emly
        Archdeaconry of Emly
                Deanery of Aherlow (Natherlach)
                Deanery of Grean
                Deanery of Owney (Wetheny)
                Deanery of Tipperary

Diocese of Kilnefora
        Archdeaconry of Kilnefora
                No deaneries

Diocese of Killaloe
        Archdeaconry of Killaloe
                Deanery of Corkavaskin
                Deanery of Drumcliffe
                Deanery of Ely and Igerim
                Deanery of O’Gassin
                Deanery of Omulled
                Deanery of Ormond
                Deanery of Tradry

Diocese of Limerick
        Archdeaconry of Limerick
                Deanery of Adare
                Deanery of Ardagh
                Deanery of Kilmallock
                Deanery of Limerick (Garthe)
                Deanery of Rathkeale

Diocese of Ross
        Archdeaconry of Ross
                Deanery of Berry (Beare)
                Deanery of Corkyterragh
                Deanery of Obahumpna

Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
        Archdeaconry of Waterford
                Deanery of Waterford
        Archdeaconry of Lismore
                Deanery of Ardfinan
                Deanery of Ardmore
                Deanery of Kilbarrymeaden
                Deanery of Kilsheelan
                Deanery of Lismore

Province of Dublin:

Archdiocese of Dublin
        Archdeaconry of Dublin
                Deanery of Bray
                Deanery of Clondalkin
                Deanery of Swords
                Deanery of Tallaght
                Deanery of Taney
        Archdeaconry of Glendalough
                Deanery of Arklow
                Deanery of Athy
                Deanery of Drogheda
                Deanery of Leixlip
                Deanery of Newcastle
                Deanery of Wicklow

Diocese of Ferns
        Archdeaconry of Ferns
                Deanery of Ballaghkeen
                Deanery of Bargy
                Deanery of Duffrey
                Deanery of Forth
                Deanery of Gorey
                Deanery of Shelbourne
                Deanery of Shillelagh
                Deanery of Shilmaleer

Diocese of Kildare
        Archdeaconry of Kildare
                Deanery of Carbery
                Deanery of Clane
                Deanery of Clonkerry
                Deanery of Kildare
                Deanery of Killeigh
                Deanery of Naas
                Deanery of Offaly
                Deanery of Tolemoy

Diocese of Leighlin
        Archdeaconry of Leighlin
                Deanery of Bargy
                Deanery of Forth (Faughart, Focherd)
                Deanery of Leix
                Deanery of Odrona
                Deanery of Omboy
                Deanery of Tulloghfelim (Ofelmeth)

Diocese of Ossory
        Archdeaconry of Ossory
                Deanery of Aghaboe
                Deanery of Aghtur
                Deanery of Claragh
                Deanery of Kenlys (Kells)
                Deanery of Kilkenny
                Deanery of Obargoun
                Deanery of Odagh (Three Castles)
                Deanery of Iverk
                Deanery of Shillelogher

Province of Tuam:

Archdiocese of Tuam
        Archdeaconry of Tuam
                Deanery of Athenry
                Deanery of Mayo
                Deanery of Shrule
                Deanery of Struthir
                Deanery of Tuam
        Archdeaconry of Owles (Umhall)

Diocese of Achonry
        Archdeaconry of Achonry
                No deaneries

Diocese of Annaghdown (until 1485)
        Archdeaconry of Annaghdown
                Deanery of Meary (Moydrig, Medraige)

Diocese of Clonfert
        Archdeaconry of Clonfert
                Deanery of Clonfert
                Deanery of Duniry (Drondery)
                Deanery of Loughrea
                Deanery of Urrachree

Diocese of Clonmacnoise
        Archdeaconry of Clonmacnoise
                Deanery of Ballyloughloe
                Deanery of Clonmacnoise

Diocese of Elphin
        Archdeaconry of Elphin
                Deanery of Ardcarn
                Deanery of Drumcliffe
                Deanery of Elphin
                Deanery of Roscommon

Diocese of Killala
        Archdeaconry of Killala
                No deaneries

Diocese of Kilmacduagh
        Archdeaconry of Kilmacduagh
                No deaneries

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Of the three major divisions, Scotland was easiest of all as all of the relevant information is contained in James Rankins’ 1888 work A Handbook of the Church of Scotland.  Since the Scottish Church changed so completely and so radically from its pre-Reformation form to that afterward, there is less confusion about which deaneries were medieval and such.

In addition to the following secular foundations, regular houses in Scotland, all of which were independent of the secular structures, numbered 239, including 57 monkeries, 24 canonries, 51 friaries, 21 preceptories, 24 nunneries, and 83 hospitals.

Church in Scotland at the Reformation

Province of St. Andrews:

Archdiocese of St. Andrews
See:  St. Andrews; 253 churches (33 collegiate) & 81 chapels
        Archdeaconry of St. Andrews
                Deanery of Angus,
                Deanery of Fife
                Deanery of Fothriff
                Deanery of Gowrie
                Deanery of Mearns
        Archdeaconry of Lothian
                Deanery of East Lothian (Haddington)
                Deanery of Linlithgow (Lindidcu)
                Deanery of Merse (Berwick)

Diocese of Aberdeen (Buchan & Marr)
See:  Old Aberdeen; 96 churches (3 collegiate) & 53 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Aberdeen
                Deanery of Aberdeen
                Deanery of Buchan
                Deanery of Boyne (Buyn)
                Deanery of Garioch
                Deanery of Marr

Diocese of Brechin (Mearns)
See:  Brechin; 30 churches (1 collegiate) & 11 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Brechin
                No deaneries

Diocese of Caithness
See:  Dornoch; 25 churches & 67 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Caithness
                No deaneries

Diocese of Moray
See:  Elgin; 77 churches (1 collegiate) & 30 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Moray
                Deanery of Elgin
                Deanery of Inverness
                Deanery of Strathbogie
                Deanery of Strathspey

Diocese of Orkney (Kirkwall)
See:  Kirkwall; 52 churches & 40 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Orkney
                No deaneries
        Archdeaconry of Tingwall (Shetland)
                No deanieries

Diocese of Ross
See:  Fortrose; 38 churches (1 collegiate) & 30 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Ross
                No deaneries

Province of Glasgow:

Archdiocese of Glasgow
See:  Glasgow; 239 churches (11 collegiate) & 110 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Glasgow
                Deanery of Carrick
                Deanery of Clydesdale (Lanark)
                Deanery of Kyle and Cunningham (Ayr)
                Deanery of Lennox (Luss)
                Deanery of Peebles (Stobo)
                Deanery of Rutherglen (Renfew, Kilbride)
        Archdeaconry of Teviotdale
                Deanery of Annandale
                Deanery of Eskdale
                Deanery of Nithdale (Dumfries)
                Deanery of Teviotdale

Diocese of Argyll
See:  Lismore; 47 churches (2 collegiate) & 47 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Argyll
                Deanery of Glassary
                Deanery of Kintyre
                Deanery of Lorn
                Deanery of Morvern

Diocese of Dunblane (Strathearn)
See:  Dunblane; 43 churches (3 collegiate) & 9 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Dunblane
                No deaneries

Diocese of Dunkeld (Gowrie)
See:  Dunkeld; 67 churches & 16 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Dunkeld
                Deanery of Atholl and Breadalbane
                Deanery of Angus
                Deanery of Fife and Forthriff
                Deanery of South of Forth

Diocese of Galloway
See:  Whithorn; 57 churches (1 collegiate) & 20 chapels
        Archdeaconry of Galloway
                Deanery of Desnes
                Deanery of Farines
                Deanery of Rhinns

Diocese of the Isles
See:  Iona; 44 churches & 32 chapels
        Archdeaconry of the Isles
                No deaneries

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