Prior of May (Pittenweem)
The Prior of May then Prior of Pittenweem (later Commendator of Pittenweem) was the
commendators
:
List of priors
- Achard, 1141x1150
- Robert, 1161 x 1162-1165 x 1166
- William, 1166x1171
- Hugh de Mortimer, 1198–1205
- John, 1206–1215
- Richard, 1221–1222
- Radulf, 1233
- John, 1248-1251[1]
- William, 1251 x 1260
- Hugh, 1260–1269
- William de Gloucester, 1269–1270
- Thomas de Houburn, x 1306
- Jordan, 1309
- Martin, 1313–1318
- Adam de Pilmor, 1345
- Robert de Anderston, c. 1380
- Robert de Leuchars, 1405
- William Nory, 1402–1408; 1409-1419 x 1421
- James de Haldeston, 1407-1418[2]
- John Litstar, 1418[3]
- Thomas de Camera (Chalmers), 1419 x 1421-1447[4]
- William Stury, 1421
- James Kennedy, 1447-1465[5]
- Walter Monypenny, 1465-1467[6]
- John Woodman, 1465-1477[7]
- Patrick Graham, 1466-1478[8]
- Walter Davidson, 1477–1479, 1489
- Thomas Kymner, 1486
- William Scheves, 1487-1497[9]
List of commendators
- Andrew Forman, 1495-1515 x 1521[10]
- Robert Forman, 1516–1526
- John Roul, 1525–1553
- Adam Blackadder, 1531
- John de Moncreif, 1550–1551
- James Stewart, 1550-1567[11]
- Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, 1567–1573
- James Haliburton, 1575–1583
- William Stewart of Houston, 1583-1603 x 1605
See also
Notes
- ^ Became Abbot of Balmerino.
- ^ Became Prior of St Andrews.
- ^ Became Prior of St Andrews.
- ^ Became Abbot of Scone.
- Bishop of St Andrews.
- ^ Was Prior of Loch Leven.
- ^ Postulated to Bishopric of Ross.
- Bishop of St Andrews.
- ^ As Archbishop of St Andrews.
- ^ As Archbishop of St Andrews.
- Commendator of St Andrews.
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. 94–5
- 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. 143–9
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