The Prior of Inchmahome (later, Commendator of Inchmahome) was the head of the community of
Augustinian canons at
Inchmahome Priory, on
Inchmahome in the
Lake of Menteith, in Highland
Stirlingshire
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Scotland
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. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
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List of priors
* Adam, fl 1296
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Maurice, 1297 x 1309
[Became ]abbot of Inchaffray
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 and their lands. Inchaffray is in Strath ...
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* Cristin, x 1309–1319 x
* ''A century of unknown priors''
* Patrick de Port, x 1419
* Patrick de Cardross 1419/21–1445
* Thomas de Arbroath, 1419–1420
* Maurice de Cardross, 1445
* Gilbert de Camera, 1450–1468 x 1469
* David Noble, 1468
* Sir Thomas Dog, 1469–1477
* John Cavers, 1470–1473
* Alexander Ruch, 1474–1479
* Walter Drummond, 1477
* John Ruch, 1479
List of commendators
* David Ballon (Henryson), 1479–1517
* Peter Mason, 1480
* John Edmonston, 1481
* Patrick Mentcher, 1492
* Andrew Ballon, 1517–1529
* Robert Erskine, 1529–1537
* John Erskine, 1537–1556
*
David Erskine, 1556–1605
* Henry Stewart, 1584
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. 91–2
* 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. 108–11
See also
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Inchmahome Priory
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