The Abbot of Balmerino (later Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community and lands of Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded in 1227 x 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. The following are a list of abbots and commendators. __NOTOC__
List of abbots Alan, 1229-1236 Radulf, 1236-1251 John, 1251-1252 Adam, 1252-1260 Adam, 1260-1270 William de Perisby, 1270 Thomas, 1270x1306 William, 1296 Alan, 1317 Hugh, x1369 Patrick, 1369-1380x John Plater, x 1392 John Gugy, x 1394-1399 x 1402Became abbot of Melrose. John de Hailes,Previously abbot of Newbattle. 1399x1402-1435x1436 Richard de Coventry, 1436-1464 William Cameron, 1436 Henry Mason, 1450 Walter Bunch, 1464Prior of Gadvan; provided unsuccessfully, but takes up the position in 1482. James Rait, 1466-1468 x 1469Became abbot of Culross. William Bell, 1468-1483 Walter Bunch (again), 1482-1486 x 1504 Walter Ruch, 1483 Henry Knollis, 1484 Robert Fairweather, 1486 James Forman, 1504-1507 Robert Forrester, 1511-1559 x 1561 Henry Roche, 1532 John Stewart, 1535
List of commendators John Hay, 1561-1573 Henry Kinnear, 1574-1603 John Kinnear, 1582 Robert Auchmutie, 1604-1607
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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. 72–3 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. 12–15
See also Balmerino Abbey