Prior of Monymusk
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Prior of Monymusk (later, Commendator of Monymusk) was the head of the property and community of Augustinian canons of Monymusk Priory, Aberdeenshire. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
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[edit] List of Priors
- Máel Brigte (Bricius), 1210x1211-1222x[1]
- Unknown abbots
- Alan, fl. 1268
- Unknown abbots
- Bernard, fl. 1345
- Andrew Cant, 1357-1365
- Unknown abbots
- David de Kynnard, x 1420
- Richard de Donery, 1420-1426
- Robert de Kilconkar, 1424-1429
- Robert de Paisley, 1427-1429 x 1430
- John de Tulach, 1429
- William de Cupar, 1430-1444 x 1450
- William Crannach, 1430[2]
- William Couys (Cowes), 1430-1434
- Laurence de Cupar, 1430
- Robert de Keith, 1434
- John de Luoris (Luchris), 1444
- David Hay, 1450-1464 x 1469
- Thomas Straton, 1469
- Alexander Spens, 1469-1489 x 1491
- John Dugut, x1489
- William Kermichael (Carmichael), 1489
- Robert Fairweather, 1486-1490
- Laurence Valles, 1490
- Bartholomew de Putellis, 1491
- Richard Strathauchin, 1497-1499 x 1509
- John Aitkenheid, 1509-1523
[edit] List of commendators
- David Ferlie, 1522-1554 x 1558
- John Elphinstone, 1543-1554 x 1562
- Duncan Sviles, 1546
- John Stewart, 1558
- John Hay. 1558-1573[3]
- Alexander Forbes, 1574-1577
- Robert Forbes, 1577-1614 x 1616
[edit] Notes
- ^ A culdee.
- ^ Became Abbot of Inchaffray.
- ^ Commendator of Balmerino.
[edit] 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. 155-59
- 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. 93-4
