The Abbot of Inchaffray, before 1221 Prior of Inchaffray, and then by the end of the 15th century, the Commendator of Inchaffray, was the head of the community of Augustinian canons of

Inchaffray Abbey Inchaffray Abbey was situated by the village of Madderty, midway between Perth and Crieff in Strathearn, Scotland. The only traces now visible are an earth mound and some walls on rising ground which once (before drainage) formed an island whe ...

and their lands. Inchaffray is in

Strathearn Strathearn or Strath Earn (), also the Earn Valley, is the strath of the River Earn, which flows from Loch Earn to meet the River Tay in the east of Scotland. The area covers the stretch of the river, containing a number of settlements in ...

, in southern

Perthshire Perthshire (Scottish English, locally: ; ), officially the County of Perth, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, Strathmore ...

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. The house was founded by Gille Brigte (Gilbert),

mormaer of Strathearn Earl or Mormaer of Strathearn is a title of Scottish nobility, referring to the region of Strathearn in southern Perthshire. Of unknown origin, the mormaers are attested for the first time in a document perhaps dating to 1115. The first known mo ...

in 1200 as a

priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by the Catholic Church. Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines, the Cistercians, or t ...

and was elevated to an abbey in 1221. By the late 15th century the monastery was becoming secularized. and after the resignation of Abbot George Mureff (Murray) in 1495, Laurence, Lord Oliphant, took over as commendator and thereafter it was held by commendators. It was turned into a secular lordship for Commendator James Drummond, Lord Maddertie, but the final formalization of the lordship did not come until 1669, when it was given to William Drummond.

List of priors of Inchaffray

* Maol Íosa, 1200 * John, 1212x1214 * Alpín (Elphin), 1219–1220 * Innocent, 1220–1221

List of abbots of Inchaffray

* Innocent (continuing as abbot), 1221-1235x * Nicholas, 1239–1240 * Alan, 1258–1271 * Hugh, 1284–1292 * Thomas, 1296 *

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, 1304 x 1305–1322 * Cristin, 1322–x 1358 * John, 1358–1363 * William (I), 1363 * Symon de Scone, x 1365 * John, 1365 * William (II), 1370 * John de Kelly, 1373 * William de Culross, 1380–1387 * William Franklyn, 1399–1414 * Patrick de Lome, 1414 * Donald (?de Dunfermline), 1417–1430 * John Lange, 1429 * John de Treloch, 1429–1430 * Robert Beaton, 1430 * William de Crannach, 1430–1433 * John de Moravia, 1435–1445 * Nicholas Fethkill, 1458–1462 * George Mureff (Murray), 1458–1492/5 ** William Haddington, 1463–1482

List of commendators of Inchaffray

* Laurence Oliphant, 1495–1513Killed at

Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory ...

9 September 1513 * Peter Accoltis, 1513–1514 * Alexander Stewart de Pitcairne, 1514–1537 * Gavin Dunbar, 1538–1547 * John Hamilton, 1547–1551 * Alexander Gordon, 1551–1566 * James Drummond, 1565–1610

Notes

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. 91 * Lindsay, William Alexander,

Dowden, John John Dowden /d͡ʒɒn ˈdaʊdən/ (29 June 1840 – 30 January 1910) was an Irish-born bishop and ecclesiastical historian. He served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Edinburgh. Life He was born in Cork on 29 June 1840, ...

& Thomson, John Maitland (eds.), ''Charters of Inchaffray Abbey, 1190-1609'', Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume LVI, (Edinburgh, 1908), pp. 249–57 * 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. 101–05

List of priors of Inchaffray

List of abbots of Inchaffray

List of commendators of Inchaffray

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See also