Jump to content

Abbot of Inchcolm

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Abbot of Inchcolm, or until 1235, the Prior of Inchcolm, was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Inchcolm (Innse Choluim; Latin Insula Columbae; Lowland Scots: St Comb's Isle).

List of position holders

[edit]

Priors of Inchcolm

[edit]
  • Brice (Máel Brigte?), fl. 1162x1178
  • Roger, fl. 1163x1178
  • Walter (I), x1179-1210
  • Michael, 1210-1211
  • Simon, 1211-?
  • William, ?-1224
  • Nigel of Jedburgh, 1224-x1228
  • Henry, x1228-1243

Abbots of Inchcolm

[edit]
  • Henry, promoted to abbot in 1235; resigned in 1243
  • Thomas, 1243/4-1268
  • William, 1268-1277x
  • Brice, fl. 1296
  • None of the abbots are known until:
  • John Dersy, died 1394
  • Laurence, x1399-1417
  • Walter Bower, 1417-1449
  • John Kers, 1449-1460x5
  • Michael Harwar, 1460x5-x1490[1]
  • Alexander Scrimgeour, x1490-1491
  • Robert de Fontibus, 1491-1492
  • Thomas Inglis, 1492-1505
  • John Elwand (Elliot), 1505-x1532
  • Richard Abercromby, 1532-1543

Titular abbots/commendators

[edit]
  • James Stewart, 1544-1581;(after 1558 frequently called commendator); died 1590
  • Henry Stewart, died 1612

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ National Records of Scotland GD430/13. He was Abbot in Jan 1461/2 when he witnessed a Notarial Instrument.
  • Easson, D.E., & MacDonald, Angus, (eds.), Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm, (Edinburgh, 1938)