Prior of Blantyre

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The Prior of Blantyre (later Commendator of Blantyre) was the head of the medieval community of

Blantyre Priory (in modern South Lanarkshire
). It was founded between 1239 and 1248, but the first prior is not known by name until 1296. Few of the priors are known thereafter until records become more extensive in the 16th century. The following is a list of known priors and commendators:

List of priors

List of commendators

Notes

  1. Prior of Pittenweem
    (1525–1553).

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. 89
  • 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. 21–4

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