The Abbot of Coupar Angus (later Commendator of Coupar) was the head of the monastic community and lands of Coupar Angus Abbey, on the boundary between Angus and Gowrie in Scotland. The abbot David Bane (David Bayn) was granted the mitre in 1464. The following are a list of abbots and commendators. __NOTOC__
List of abbots Fulk, x1164-1170 Ralph, 1171–1189 Adam, 1189–1194 Arnold, 1194-x1201 William (I), 1201-1202Became Abbot of Melrose in 1202 Udard, 1202–1207 Richard, 1207–1209 Alexander, 1209–1240 Gilbert, 1240–1243 William de Binin, 1243–1258 William (III), 1258–1283 Andreas de Buchan, 1284-1296Became Bishop of Caithness. Alan, x1300-1315x John Orwell, x1325-1341x1356 Lambert, fl. 1356 Walter, fl. 1387 John de Ketnes, x1395-1419 William de Ledhuys (Ledhouse), 1419-x1428 Thomas de Furde, x1428-1429 William de Blare, 1429-1453x1456 Thomas de Levingstone, 1456–1459 John de Hudton, 1460–1461 David Bane, 1461-1479x1483 John Schanwell, 1479x1483-1506 Robert Beaton, 1507 William Turnbull, 1507–1524 William Stewart, 1511–1512 Thomas Hay, 1524–1525 John (Alexander) Spens, 1524-1526 (elect only) Donald Campbell 1526-1562/3
List of commendators Leonard Leslie (I), 1563–1602 George Foullertoun the Younger of Dunune, 1594 Leonard Leslie (II), 1596–1598 Andrew Lamb, 1603–1607 Patrick Stirling, 1607 James Elphinstone, 1606–1607
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Bibliography Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second edition, (London, 1976), pp. 73–4 Easson, D. E., Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus, 2 vols., Publications of the Scottish History Society. 3rd series; v. 40–41, (Edinburgh, 1947) 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. 43–7