- Abbot of Coupar Angus
The Abbot of Coupar Angus (later Commendator of Coupar) was the head of the monastic community and lands of
Coupar Angus Abbey , on the boundary betweenAngus andGowrie inScotland . The following are a list of abbots and commendators. __NOTOC__List of abbots
* Fulk, x1164-1170
* Ralph, 1171-1189
* Adam, 1189-1194
* Arnold, 1194-x1201
* William (I), 1201-1202 [BecameAbbot of Melrose in 1202]
* Udard, 1202-1207
* Richard, 1207-1209
* Alexander, 1209-1240
* Gilbert, 1240-1243
* William de Binin, 1243-1258
* William (III), 1258-1283
* Andreas de Buchan, 1284-1296 [BecameBishop of Caithness .]
* Alan, x1300-1315x
* John Orwell, x1325-1341x1356
* Lambert, fl. 1356
* Walter, fl. 1387
* John de Ketnes, x1395-1419
* William de Ledhuys (Ledhouse), 1419-x1428
* Thomas de Furde, x1428-1429
* William de Blare, 1429-1453x1456
* Thomas de Levingstone, 1456-1459
* John de Hudton, 1460-1461
* David Bane, 1461-1479x1483
* John Schanwell, 1479x1483-1506
* Robert Beaton, 1507
* William Turnbull, 1507-1524
** William Stewart, 1511-1512
** Thomas Hay, 1524-1525
** John (Alexander) Spens, 1524-1526 (elect only)
* Donald Campbell 1526-1562/3List of commendators
* Leonard Leslie (I), 1563-1602
* George Foullertoun the Younger of Dunune, 1594
* Leonard Leslie (II), 1596-1598
* Andrew Lamb, 1603-1607
* Patrick Stirling, 1607
* James Elphinstone, 1606-1607Notes
Bibliography
* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., "Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man", Second Edition, (London, 1976), pp. 73-4
* Easson, D.E., "Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus", 2 vols., Publications of the Scottish History Society. 3rd series ; v. 40-41, (Edinburgh, 1947)
* Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), "The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries", The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 43-7
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