Abbot of Tongland
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The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
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[edit] 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<ref>Became Prior of Whithorn some time before 1477.</ref>
- William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479
- Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481
- William Wylie, x 1481
- Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483
- Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509
[edit] List of commendators
- David Arnot, 1509-1526<ref>As Bishop of Galloway (1506-25).</ref>
- William Stewart, 1529-1531
- Henry Wemyss, 1530-1541<ref>Became Abbot of Dundrennan (1529-41).</ref>
- Andrew Dury, 1541-1558<ref>As Abbot of Melrose 1525-1541; became Bishop of Galloway (1541-58)</ref>
- Alexander Gordon, 1559-1575<ref>Also Archbishop of Glasgow (1550–1), Bishop of Galloway (1559–72) and Bishop of the Isles (1553–72).</ref>
- Archibald Crawford, 1564
- John Gordon, 1576-1586<ref>Bishop of Galloway (1575-1586).</ref>
- Roger Gordon, 1578<ref>Bishop of Galloway (1578x1579-1586/7).</ref>
- George Gordon, 1586-1588<ref>Bishop of Galloway (1586/7-88).</ref>
- William Melville, 1588-1615
[edit] Notes
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[edit] 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
[edit] See also
| Prelates of Medieval Scotland (post-1100) | |
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| 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 |
