The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the
Premonstratensian
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular in the Catholic Chur ...
(originally
Cistercian
The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
) monastic community of
Tongland Abbey
Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensians, Premonstratensian monastic community located in Tongland in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was probably founded circa 1218 by Alan, Lord ...
in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...
. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots
* Helias, 1209x1222
* Alexander, 1273-1296
* Walter, 1332-1347
* Gilbert, 1381
* Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
* Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
* Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473
* William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479
* Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481
* William Wylie, x 1481
* Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483
*
Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509
List of commendators
*
David Arnot, 1509-1526
* William Stewart, 1529-1531
*
Henry Wemyss, 1530-1541
* Andrew Dury, 1541-1558
*
Alexander Gordon, 1559-1575
* Archibald Crawford, 1564
*
John Gordon, 1576-1586
* Roger Gordon, 1578
* George Gordon, 1586-1588
[Bishop of Galloway (1586/7-88).]
* William Melville, 1588-1615
Notes
Bibliography
* Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
* 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), p. 210-13
See also
*
Tongland Abbey
Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensians, Premonstratensian monastic community located in Tongland in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was probably founded circa 1218 by Alan, Lord ...
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Premonstratensians
Scottish abbots
Lists of abbots