Prior of Restenneth
The Prior of Restenneth (later Commendator of Restenneth) was the head of the
canons of Restenneth Priory, Angus
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
List of priors
- Robert, 1147x1159-1162
- William, 1178- 1189x1194
- Hugh, 1198-1205[1]
- Berengar, 1206
- John, 1219x1238
- Germanus, 1218 x, 1224 x
- William, 1267
- A[???], x1292[2]
- Robert, 1296
- William, 1317x1321
- Bernard, 1320
- John de Eskdale, 1324 x 1327-1330[3]
- Alexander de Falkirk, 1347-1369
- John Marsyale, 1388
- Thomas de Eskdale, 1408[4]
- James de Keith, 1411-1419
- John Hunter, 1430
- Nicholas Crawford, 1445 xc. 1464
- James Dunmain (Dunmanning), c.1464 - 1470
- Henry Barrie, 1465 -1466
- John Woodman, 1465 x 1468[5]
- William Lindsay, 1470 -1471 x 1476
- William Forfar, 1474
- William Rutherford, 1484 -1494
- Thomas Kinnear, 1490 -1492
- Alexander Farnese, 1494
- David Guthrie, 1494
- Alexander Menteith, 1494-1516
- Thomas Nudre, 1513-1523
- John Hovinan (Home), 1523-1547[6]
- David Douglas, 1530 -1533
- Robert Cottis, 1531-1534[7]
List of commendators
- Andrew Home, 1547-1593[8]
Notes
- ^ Became abbot of Jedburgh (1205-x 1211).
- ^ Known only by initial.
- ^ Became abbot of Jedburgh (1338-1354).
- ^ Became abbot of Jedburgh (1411-x 1422).
- ^ Became abbot of Jedburgh (1468-1476).
- ^ Was abbot of Jedburgh (1512-1549).
- ^ Previously prior of Blantyre.
- ^ Was abbot of Jedburgh (1547-1593).
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. 95-6
- 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. 182–86
See also
Senior churchmen of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)  | |
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| Bishops | |
| Archdeacons | |
| Abbots | |
| Priors | |