Abbot of Dryburgh

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The Abbot of Dryburgh (later, Commendator of Dryburgh) was the head of the Premonstratensian monastic community of Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders. The monastery was founded in 1150 by monks from Alnwick Abbey with the patronage of Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale. In the 16th century the monastery increasingly came under secular control, and was eventually incorporated into the lordship of Cardross. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

1 List of abbots
2 List of commendators
3 Notes
4 Bibliography
5 See also

[edit] List of abbots

Roger, 1152-1177
Gerard, 1177-1184x1188 Adam 1184-1188
Richard, 1188x1193,1190
Alan, 1193-1196
Geoffrey, 1203-1209<ref>Became abbot of Alnwick.</ref>
William, 1209-1210
Thomas, 1200x1234.
Hugh, 1221-1229
Henry, ?1230
Walter, 1236-1240
John, 1240-1245x1255
Oliver, 1262-1273 x
William, 1296
Roger, 1308 x1309
William, 1316-1324
David, 1324x1328-1342
Andrew, 1350-c. 1367-69
John, 1381-1406
William de Dryburgh, 1408
John de Aberdeen, 1408-1414
Thomas de Merton, 1434
James Crawford, 1444-1445
Walter de Var, 1461-1476 x 1477
John Crawford, 1478 -1482
Hugh Douglas, 1477 x 1482
Andrew Lidderdale, 1482-1508
Thomas Hay, 1482
John Fenton, 1483
David Dinac, 1483
David Finlayson, 1509

[edit] List of commendators

Andrew Forman, 1509-1514 x 1516<ref>Was bishop of Moray (1501-1516); resigned abbacy, perhaps when translated to the archbishopric of St Andrews in 1514.</ref>
James Ogilvie, 1515-1518
David Hamilton, 1519-1523<ref>Was [[bishop of Argyll (1497-1523) and, formerly, abbot of Glenluce (1513-1519).</ref>
James Stewart, 1523 - 1539
Thomas Erskine, 1539-1551
Robert Waucope, 1539-1544 x 1548<ref>He became archbishop of Armagh in 1545; he presumably resigned the commend upon before or soon after his consecration.</ref>
[Robert Frasin, 1548]
John Erskine, 1548 - 1556
David Erskine, 1556-1584; 1585-1608
William, 1585
Henry Erskine, 1608-1628

[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

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. 58-62

[edit] See also

Prelates of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)
Archbishops	Glasgow (1492) \| St Andrews (1472)
Bishops	Aberdeen \| Argyll \| Brechin \| Caithness \| Dunblane \| Dunkeld \| Galloway \| Glasgow \| Isles (Sodor) \| Moray \| Orkney \| Ross \| St Andrews
Abbots	Arbroath \| Balmerino \| Cambuskenneth \| Coupar Angus \| Crossraguel \| Culross \| Deer \| Dercongal (Holywood) \| Dryburgh \| Dundrennan \| Dunfermline \| Fearn \| Glenluce \| Holyrood \| Inchaffray \| Inchcolm \| Iona \| Jedburgh \| Kelso (Selkirk) \| Kilwinning \| Kinloss \| Lindores \| Melrose \| Newbattle \| Paisley \| Saddell \| Scone \| Soulseat \| Sweatheart \| Tongland
Priors	Ardchattan \| Beauly \| Blantyre \| Canonbie \| Coldingham \| Fogo \| Fyvie \| Inchmahome \| Lesmahagow \| May (Pittenweem) \| Monymusk \| Oronsay \| Pluscarden \| Restenneth \| St Andrews \| Strathfillan \| St Mary's Isle \| St Serf's Inch, Loch Leven \| Urquhart \| Whithorn