Head of Lindores Abbey in Fife, Scotland
TheAbbot of Lindores (laterCommendator of Lindores) was the head of theTironensian monastic community and lands ofLindores Abbey inFife (the nearby town ofNewburgh was created by and belonged to the abbey). The position was created when the abbey was founded some time between 1190 and 1191 by KingWilliam the Lion's brotherPrince David,Earl of Huntingdon, andLord of Garioch. The following is a list of abbots and commendators.
- Guy, 1191-1219
- John, 1219-1244
- Thomas, 1259-1273
- John, 1273-1274
- Nicholas, 1274-1282
- John, 1287-1291
- Thomas, 1296
- Andrew de Lenna, x 1306
- William, 1306x1307
- Adam, 1331-1344x1346
- William, 1358-1363
- Roger, 1370-1380
- John Steele, 1380 x 1381-1383 x 1390[1]
- William de Angus, 1380-1395
- John Steele (again), fl. 1402-1421[2]
- James de Rossy, 1425-1451
- John Ramsay, 1457-1474
- Andrew Cavers, 1475-1502
- Henry Orme, 1502-1528
- John Philp, 1523-1566
List of commendators
[edit]- ^Was deprived of the position by the Pope in favour of William de Angus; he went on to becomePrior of Coldingham.
- ^Previously Prior of Coldingham and abbot-elect of Lindores.
- Watt, D.E.R.,Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 69-70
- 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), p. 136-39
