Prior of Inchmahome

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The Prior of Inchmahome (later, Commendator of Inchmahome) was the head of the community of

. The following is a list of priors and commendators:


List of priors

  • Adam, fl 1296
  • Maurice, 1297 x 1309[1]
  • Cristin, x 1309–1319 x[1]
  • A century of unknown priors
  • Patrick de Port, x 1419
  • Patrick de Cardross 1419/21–1445
  • Thomas de Arbroath, 1419–1420
  • Maurice de Cardross, 1445
  • Gilbert de Camera, 1450–1468 x 1469
  • David Noble, 1468
  • Sir Thomas Dog, 1469–1477
  • John Cavers, 1470–1473
  • Alexander Ruch, 1474–1479
  • Walter Drummond, 1477
  • John Ruch, 1479

List of commendators

  • David Ballon (Henryson), 1479–1517
  • Peter Mason, 1480
  • John Edmonston, 1481
  • Patrick Mentcher, 1492
  • Andrew Ballon, 1517–1529
  • Robert Erskine, 1529–1537
  • John Erskine, 1537–1556
  • David Erskine, 1556–1605
  • Henry Stewart, 1584

Notes

  1. ^ a b Became abbot of Inchaffray.

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. 91–2
  • 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. 108–11

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