- Abbot of Sweetheart
The Abbot of Sweetheart (later Commendator of Sweetheart; also Abbot of New Abbey) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of
Sweetheart Abbey ,Dumfries and Galloway , founded by monks fromDundrennan Abbey with the patronage ofDerbhfhorghaill inghean Ailein (aka "Dervorguilla Balliol"), Lady of Galloway, about 1275. The following are a list of abbots and commendators. __NOTOC__List of abbots
* John, 1280 x 1290 - 1296
* Thomas, 1356 - 1404
* John, c.1409
* William Greenlaw, 1448 -1463
* Alexander Tyningham, 1486
* James Ruche, 1486
* Robert Greenlaw, 1515
* Herbert Browne, 1523 - 1530
* Richard Brown, 1530-1532
* Robert Arnot, 1532
* Herbert, 1538
* John Brown, 1538 - 1565List of abbot-commendators
* Gilbert Brown, 1565
* William Leslie, 1586
* Robert Maxwell, x 1612
* Robert Spottiswood, 1612 -1624Bibliography
* 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. 208-10
* 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), p. 78ee also
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