Abbot of Cambuskenneth
The Abbot of Cambuskenneth or Abbot of Stirling (later Commendator of Cambuskenneth) was the head of the
. The long history of the abbey came to a formal end when the abbey was turned into a secular lordship for the last commendator, Alexander Erskine.The following is a list of
commendators
:
List of abbots
- William, 1147–1150
- Isaac, 1152/1153
- Alured, 1152/1153–1171/1178
- Nicholas, 1171/1182–1195
- William, 1207–1235
- Peter, 1235–1240
- Richard, 1253–1269
- Richard Grossus, 1269
- John, 1287–1292
- Patrick, 1295–1296
- Michael, 1307
- Gilbert, 1308/1310
- Fergus, 1311
- John, 1336
- John de Kincardine, 1336
- William, 1342
- Adam, 1350
- Gilbert, 1362–1363
- William de Blackburn, 1390–1398
- Patrick de Callendar, 1401–1434
- David White, 1439–1443
- David Kelly (Celle), 1445–1462
- John, 1465
- Henry Abercrombie, 1466–1502
- Alexander Ruch (Ruthven), x 1469[1]
- David Arnot, 1503–1509
- Andrew MacBreck, 1509–1511/1513
- Patrick Paniter (Painter), 1513–1519
- Alexander Mylne, 1519–1548
List of commendators
- David Paniter, 1549–1558[2]
- Adam Erskine, 1562–1605
- Alexander Livingstone, 1585
- Alexander Erskine, 1608–1617
Notes
- ^ Became Prior of Inchmahome
- ^ Bishop of Ross (1545–58).
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. 89–90
- 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. 24–8