Prior of Urquhart
The Prior of Urquhart was the head of the
Priory of Pluscarden
in 1454. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
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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
- ^ Became Abbot of Dunfermline.
- ^ 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