From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Abbot of Cambuskenneth or Abbot of Stirling (later Commendator of Cambuskenneth) was the head of the Arrouaisian ( Augustinian) monastic community of Cambuskenneth Abbey, near Stirling. The long history of the abbey came to a formal end when the abbey was turned into a secular lordship for the last commendator, Alexander Erskine.

The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

List of abbots

  • William, 1147–1150
  • Isaac, 1152/1153
  • Alured, 1152/1153–1171/1178
  • Nicholas, 1171/1182–1195
  • William, 1207–1235
  • Peter, 1235–1240
  • Richard, 1253–1269
  • Richard Grossus, 1269
  • John, 1287–1292
  • Patrick, 1295–1296
  • Michael, 1307
  • Gilbert, 1308/1310
  • Fergus, 1311
  • John, 1336
  • John de Kincardine, 1336
  • William, 1342
  • Adam, 1350
  • Gilbert, 1362–1363
  • William de Blackburn, 1390–1398
  • Patrick de Callendar, 1401–1434
  • David White, 1439–1443
  • David Kelly (Celle), 1445–1462
  • John, 1465
  • Henry Abercrombie, 1466–1502
    • Alexander Ruch (Ruthven), x 1469 [1]
  • David Arnot, 1503–1509
  • Andrew MacBreck, 1509–1511/1513
  • Patrick Paniter (Painter), 1513–1519
  • Alexander Mylne, 1519–1548

List of commendators

Notes

  1. ^ Became Prior of Inchmahome
  2. ^ Bishop of Ross (1545–58).

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. 89–90
  • 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. 24–8

See also