The Abbot of Cambuskenneth or Abbot of Stirling (later Commendator of Cambuskenneth) was the head of the Arrouaisian (

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) monastic community of Cambuskenneth Abbey, near Stirling. The long history of the abbey came to a formal end when the abbey was turned into a secular lordship for the last commendator, Alexander Erskine. The following is a list of

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

s and

commendator In canon law, commendam (or ''in commendam'') was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice ''in trust'' to the ''custody'' of a patron. The phrase ''in commendam'' was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastical ...

List of abbots

* William, 1147–1150 * Isaac, 1152/1153 * Alured, 1152/1153–1171/1178 * Nicholas, 1171/1182–1195 * William, 1207–1235 * Peter, 1235–1240 * Richard, 1253–1269 * Richard Grossus, 1269 * John, 1287–1292 * Patrick, 1295–1296 * Michael, 1307 * Gilbert, 1308/1310 * Fergus, 1311 * John, 1336 * John de Kincardine, 1336 * William, 1342 * Adam, 1350 * Gilbert, 1362–1363 * William de Blackburn, 1390–1398 * Patrick de Callendar, 1401–1434 * David White, 1439–1443 * David Kelly (Celle), 1445–1462 * John, 1465 * Henry Abercrombie, 1466–1502 ** Alexander Ruch (Ruthven), x 1469 *

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, 1503–1509 * Andrew MacBreck, 1509–1511/1513 *

Patrick Paniter Patrick Paniter (born c. 1470 - 1519) Scottish churchman and principal secretary to James IV of Scotland and the infant James V. The surname is usually written ''Paniter'', or ''Painter'', or occasionally ''Panter''. Life Paniter was born around ...

(Painter), 1513–1519 * Alexander Mylne, 1519–1548

List of commendators

David Paniter David Panter lso written Painter, or Paniter(died 1 October 1558), Scottish diplomat, clerk and bishop of Ross, was the illegitimate son of Patrick Paniter, secretary to James IV; his mother was Margaret Crichton, illegitimate daughter of ...

, 1549–1558 Bishop of Ross (1545–58). *

Adam Erskine Adam Erskine, Commendator of Cambuskenneth, was a Scottish landowner and courtier. Career He was a son of Thomas Erskine, a younger son of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine. His father's wife was Margaret Fleming, later Countess of Atholl. He was ma ...

, 1562–1605 ** Alexander Livingstone, 1585 * Alexander Erskine, 1608–1617

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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. 89–90 * 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. 24–8

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