The Prior of Inchmahome (later, Commendator of Inchmahome) was the head of the community of
Augustinian canons at
Inchmahome Priory
Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome, the largest of three islands in the centre of the Lake of Menteith, close to Aberfoyle, Scotland.
The name "Inchmahome" comes from the Gaelic ''Innis MoCholmaig'', meaning island of St Colmaig. ...
, on
Inchmahome
Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig ("my-Colmac's island"), is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire.
History
Inchmahome is best known as the location of Inchmahome Priory and for the attendant p ...
in the
Lake of Menteith
Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig''), is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling (the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers River Forth, Forth and River Teith, Teith, u ...
, in Highland
Stirlingshire
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It borders Perthshir ...
,
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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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, 1297 x 1309
[Became abbot of Inchaffray.]
* 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
Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome, the largest of three islands in the centre of the Lake of Menteith, close to Aberfoyle, Scotland.
The name "Inchmahome" comes from the Gaelic ''Innis MoCholmaig'', meaning island of St Colmaig. ...
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Inchmahome
Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig ("my-Colmac's island"), is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire.
History
Inchmahome is best known as the location of Inchmahome Priory and for the attendant p ...
Inchmahome
Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig ("my-Colmac's island"), is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire.
History
Inchmahome is best known as the location of Inchmahome Priory and for the attendant p ...
Inchmahome
Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig ("my-Colmac's island"), is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire.
History
Inchmahome is best known as the location of Inchmahome Priory and for the attendant p ...
Inchmahome
Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig ("my-Colmac's island"), is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire.
History
Inchmahome is best known as the location of Inchmahome Priory and for the attendant p ...