Abbot of Kinloss

The Abbot of Kinloss (later Commendator of Kinloss) was the head of the property and Cistercian monastic community of Kinloss Abbey, Moray, founded by King David I of Scotland around 1151 by monks from Melrose Abbey. The abbey was transformed into a temporal lordship for Edward Bruce, the last commendator, who became Lord Kinloss. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

List of abbots

• Ascelin, 1150-1174
• Reiner, 1174-1189
• Radulf, 1189-1194[1]
• Radulf, 1202x1207-1220
• Robert, 1220[2]
• Herbert, 1226-1251
• Richard, 1251-1274
• Andrew, 1275-1286[3]
• Gilbert, 1296
• Henry, x1316
• Thomas Dere, 1316-1338 x 1344
• Simon, 1346
• Richard, 1362-1371
• Adam de Tarras, 1389-1414
• William de Blare, 1414-1429[4]
• John Floter, 1431-1444
• Henry Butre/Butoe, 1439-1444
• John de Ellem, 1443-1467
• James Guthrie, 1467-1481
• John Pittendreich, 1478
• William Galbraith, 1481-1490
• Hugh Martini, 1490-1491
• William Culross, 1491-1500
• Andrew Forman, 1492
• Thomas Crystall (Christopheri/Wawain), 1500-1528
• Robert Reid, 1528-1553
• Walter Reid, 1553-1587

List of commendators

• Edward Bruce, 1587-1601

Notes

1. Became abbot of Melrose.
2. Formerly abbot of Deer.
3. Formerly prior of Pluscarden.
4. Became abbot of Coupar Angus.

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. 76
• 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. 131–34

See also

• Kinloss Abbey