Abbot of Dundrennan
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Image:13th Century Dundrennan Abbot Effigy.JPG The Abbot of Dundrennan was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Dundrennan Abbey, Galloway. It was founded by Fergus of Galloway in 1142. Dundrennan was a large and powerful monastery in the context of the south-west. It became secularized and protestanized in the 16th century. In 1606 it was finally turned into a secular lordship in for John Murray of Lochmaben, afters earl of Annandale. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
[edit] List of abbots
- Silvanus, fl. 1167<ref>Known when, in 1167, he was elected abbot of Rievaulx, Dundrennan's mother-house.</ref>
- William, 1180
- Nicholas, l196 x 1200
- [? Egidius], fl. 1200s<ref>Known only by a graveslab; graveslab thought to date to the 1200s.</ref>
- Gaufridus (Geoffrey), 1209 x 1222
- Robert Matursal, 1223 x 1224
- Jordan, 1236
- Leonius, 1236 -1239
- Ricardus (Richard), 1239
- Adam I, 1250
- Brian, 1250-1273
- Adam II, 1294
- Walter, 1296
- John, 1305
- William, 1332
- Giles, 1347 - 1358 x 1381
- Thomas, 1381
- Patrick MacMen, x 1426
- Thomas de Levinstone, 1429
- Patrick Maligussal [Maxwell], 1431
- Thomas de Levinstone (again), x1440-1454<ref>Became abbot on May 20, 1429. He suffered from blindness. He had resigned the abbacy on November 30 1429, but was abbot again when he became bishop of Dunkeld in 1440. He was perhaps the nomination (to Dunkeld) of the Anti-Pope Felix V; he was probably confirmed by Pope Nicholas V, however he never gained possession of the see, and was deprived of it in 1441 by Pope Eugenius IV for recognizing the Council of Basel. He took a pension in 1454, and he died sometime before July 10th 1460; also Abbot of Coupar Angus and previously Abbot-elect of Newbattle.</ref>
- Alexander Brady, 1441
- John Hunter, 1441
- William Lowierii (Lilburn), 1454-1472
- John Fuogo [Fogo], c. 1473-1476
- Alexander Pettigrew, x 1474-1479
- John Lockhart, 1476
- Hugh Foulis, 1479
- William Bewister, 1485
- Edward Story / Medrum, 1488-1515
- Robert Hunter, 1490
- James Hay, 1516-1524<ref>Became bishop of Ross in 1524.</ref>
- John Dingwall, 1518
- Adam Symson, 1518
- Edward Bangal, 1519
- John Maxwell, fl. 1524<ref>Previously abbot of Holyrood.</ref>
- Cristofer Boyd, fl. 1526-1527
[edit] List of commendators
- Henry Wemyss, 1529-1541<ref>Was bishop of Galloway since 1526; was also commendator of Tongland (1530-1541).</ref>
- Adam Blackadder, 1541-1562
- Edward Maxwell, 1562-1599
- John Murray of Lochmaben, 1599-1606
[edit] Notes
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[edit] Bibliography
- Thompson, Barbara, "Monks and Other Officers of Dundrennan", (Dundrennan Abbey; unpublished)
- 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. 63-7
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