Abbot of Tongland

Abbot of Tongland

The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

Contents

List of abbots

  • Helias, 1209x1222
  • Alexander, 1273-1296
  • Walter, 1332-1347
  • Gilbert, 1381
  • Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
  • Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
  • Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473[1]
  • William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479
  • Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481
  • William Wylie, x 1481
  • Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483
  • Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509

List of commendators

Notes

  1. ^ Became Prior of Whithorn some time before 1477.
  2. ^ As Bishop of Galloway (1506-25).
  3. ^ Became Abbot of Dundrennan (1529-41).
  4. ^ As Abbot of Melrose 1525-1541; became Bishop of Galloway (1541-58)
  5. ^ Also Archbishop of Glasgow (1550–1), Bishop of Galloway (1559–72) and Bishop of the Isles (1553–72).
  6. ^ Bishop of Galloway (1575-1586).
  7. ^ Bishop of Galloway (1578x1579-1586/7).
  8. ^ Bishop of Galloway (1586/7-88).

Bibliography

  • Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
  • 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. 210-13

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