Prior of Urquhart

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The Prior of Urquhart was the head of the

Priory of Pluscarden
in 1454. The following is a list of priors and commendators: __

List of priors

  • Richard, 1199 x 1200-1207 x 1208
  • Thomas, 1226–1232
  • William (I), 1237–1239
  • John, 1248
  • William (II) de Rathen, 1260/63-1295
  • William (III) Butyrgak (Buttergask), 1343
  • John Black, 1351 x
  • Michael de Inverkeithing, 1358
  • Robert, 1370
  • Adam de Haddington, 1388–1391
  • John Mason, 1388
  • William de Busby, 1391
  • John de Torry, 1388
  • Thomas de Dunfermline, 1395
  • William de Anderston, 1413[1]
  • Robert de Dolas, 1416–1418
  • Gilbert Smert, 1416
  • William de Dalketh, 1416–1418
  • Andrew Rabuzy (Raeburn?), 1418-1430[2]
  • Richard Bothwell, 1418
  • John Schaw, 1430
  • William Broun, 1430–1445
  • William Durward, 1433–1434
  • John Tenalay (Benally), 1445–1454

Notes

  1. ^ Became Abbot of Dunfermline.
  2. ^ Previously the titular Prior of Coldingham.

References

  • 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. 61
  • 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. 213–16

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