The Abbot of Scone, before 1163 x 4, Prior of Scone, and then by the beginning of the 16th century, the Commendator of Scone, was the head of the community of Augustinian canons of

Scone Abbey Scone Abbey (originally Scone Priory) was a house of Augustinian canons located in Scone, Perthshire ( Gowrie), Scotland. Dates given for the establishment of Scone Priory have ranged from 1114 A.D. to 1122 A.D. However, historians have long ...

and their lands. The priory was established by King Alaxandair mac Maíl Choluim (Alexander I) sometime between 1114 and 1120, and was elevated to the status of an abbey in 1163 or 1164. The abbey was turned into a secular lordship for

William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven (c. 1541May 1584) was a Scottish peer known for devising the Raid of Ruthven. Life and career William Ruthven was born in 1541 in Ruthven Castle, in Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Pat ...

in 1581, but was forfeited when the earl was executed in 1584, given to William Foularton in the same year, but restored to the earl's son,

James Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie Earl of Gowrie is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ruthven family. It takes its name from Gowrie, a historical region and ancient p ...

. An independent secular lordship was established for David Murray in 1608.

List of priors of Scone

* Robert (I), 1114 x 1120-1127 * Nicholas, 1127-1140 * Dionysius, 1140 - 1142 x 1147 * Thomas, 1150-1154 * Isaac, 1154-1162 * Robert (II), 1162

List of abbots of Scone

* Robert (II), 1163x1164-1186 * Robert (III), 1186-1198 * Reimbald, 1198-1206 * William, 1206 x 1209-1225 * Robert (IV), 1227 * Philip, 1230-1242 * Robert (V), 1240-1270 * Nicholas, 1270-1273 x * William, 1273 x 1284 * Hugh, x 1284-1287 * Thomas de Balmerino, 1291-1312 * Henry Man, 1303-1320 * Simon, 1325-1341 * Adam de Crail, 1343-1344 * William, 1354-1370 x 1391 * Alexander, 1370 x 1391-1412 x 1417 * Alexander de Balbirnie, 1412 x 1417-x1418 * Adam de Crannach (Aberdeen), 1418-1432 * John de Inverkeithing, 1432 * William de Skurry, 1435-1439 * James Kennedy, 1439-1447 * George Gardiner, 1445-1447 * Thomas de Camera, 1447-1458 * John Crambe, 1465-1491 * David Lermonth, 1492-1496 * Henry Abercrombie, 1492 * James Abercrombie, 1492-1514

List of commendators

* Alexander Stewart de Pitcairne, 1518-1537 * Patrick Hepburn,Previously

prior of St Andrews The Prior of St Andrews was the head of the property and community of Augustinian canons of St Andrews Cathedral Priory, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was established by King David I in 1140 with canons from Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire. It ...

. 1538-1571 * William Lord Ruthven, 1571 * John Ruthven, 1580 *

, 1581-1584 * William Foularton, 1584 *

, 1587-1588 *

John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (c. 1577 – 5 August 1600), was a Scottish nobleman who died in mysterious circumstances, referred to as the "Gowrie Conspiracy", in which he and/or his brother Alexander were attempting to kill or kidnap King ...

, 1592-1600 * David Murray (later Lord Scone and Viscount Stormont), 1608

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), pp. 97–8 * 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. 198–202

List of priors of Scone

List of abbots of Scone

List of commendators

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