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