Abbot of Kinloss

Abbot of Kinloss

The Abbot of Kinloss (later Commendator of Kinloss) was the head of the property and Cistercian monastic community of Kinloss Abbey, Moray, founded by King David I of Scotland around 1151 by monks from Melrose Abbey. The abbey was transformed into a temporal lordship for Edward Bruce, the last commendator, who became Lord Kinloss. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

List of abbots

* Ascelin, 1150-1174
* Reiner, 1174-1189
* Radulf, 1189-1194 [Became abbot of Melrose.]
* Radulf, 1202x1207-1220
* Robert, 1220 [Formerly abbot of Deer.]
* Herbert, 1226-1251
* Richard, 1251-1274
* Andrew, 1275-1286 [Formerly prior of Pluscarden.]
* Gilbert, 1296
* Henry, x1316
* Thomas Dere, 1316-1338 x 1344
* Simon, 1346
* Richard, 1362-1371
* Adam de Tarras, 1389-1414
* William de Blare, 1414-1429 [Became abbot of Coupar Angus.]
* John Floter, 1431-1444
* Henry Butre/Butoe, 1439-1444
* John de Ellem, 1443-1467
* James Guthrie, 1467-1481
* John Pittendreich, 1478
* William Galbraith, 1481-1490
* Hugh Martini, 1490-1491
* William Culross, 1491-1500
* Andrew Forman, 1492
* Thomas Crystall (Christopheri/Wawain), 1500-1528
* Robert Reid, 1528-1553
* Walter Reid, 1553-1587

List of commendators

* Edward Bruce, 1587-1601

Notes

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), p. 76
* 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. 131-34

ee also

* Kinloss Abbey


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