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Wikipedia / Abbot of Inchcolm

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

Priors of Inchcolm

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • James Stewart, 1544-1581;(after 1558 frequently called commendator); died 1590

  • Henry Stewart, died 1612

See also

References

  • Easson, D.E., & MacDonald, Angus, (eds.), Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm, (Edinburgh, 1938)