The Abbot of Inchcolm, or until 1235, the Prior of Inchcolm, was the head of the
Augustinian monastic
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of
Inchcolm
Inchcolm (from the Scottish Gaelic "Innis Choluim", meaning Columba's Island) is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into ...
(''Innse Choluim'';
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''Insula Columbae'';
Lowland Scots: ''St Comb's Isle'').
List of position holders
Priors of Inchcolm
* Brice (Máel Brigte?), fl. 1162x1178
* Roger, fl. 1163x1178
* Walter (I), x1179-1210
* Michael, 1210-1211
* Simon, 1211-?
* William, ?-1224
* Nigel of Jedburgh, 1224-x1228
* Henry, x1228-1243
Abbots of Inchcolm
* Henry, promoted to abbot in 1235; resigned in 1243
* Thomas, 1243/4-1268
* William, 1268-1277x
* Brice, fl. 1296
* ''None of the abbots are known until:''
* John Dersy, died 1394
* Laurence, x1399-1417
*
Walter Bower
Walter Bower (or Bowmaker; 24 December 1449) was a Scottish canon regular and abbot of Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth, who is noted as a chronicler of his era. He was born about 1385 at Haddington, East Lothian, in the Kingdom of Scotl ...
, 1417-1449
* John Kers, 1449-1460x5
* Michael Harwar, 1460x5-x1490
[National Records of Scotland GD430/13. He was Abbot in Jan 1461/2 when he witnessed a Notarial Instrument.]
* Alexander Scrimgeour, x1490-1491
* Robert de Fontibus, 1491-1492
* Thomas Inglis, 1492-1505
* John Elwand (Elliot), 1505-x1532
* Richard Abercromby, 1532-1543
Titular abbots/commendators
*
James Stewart
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, 1544-1581;(after 1558 frequently called commendator); died 1590
* Henry Stewart, died 1612
See also
*
Bishop of Dunkeld
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References
*Easson, D.E., & MacDonald, Angus, (eds.), ''Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm'', (Edinburgh, 1938)
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Inchcolm
Inchcolm (from the Scottish Gaelic "Innis Choluim", meaning Columba's Island) is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into ...
Inchcolm
Inchcolm (from the Scottish Gaelic "Innis Choluim", meaning Columba's Island) is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into ...