The Abbot of Kinloss (later Commendator of Kinloss) was the head of the property and Cistercian monastic community of Kinloss Abbey, Moray, founded by King David I of Scotland around 1151 by monks from Melrose Abbey. The abbey was transformed into a temporal lordship for Edward Bruce, the last commendator, who became Lord Kinloss. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots Ascelin, 1150-1174 Reiner, 1174-1189 Radulf, 1189-1194Became abbot of Melrose. Radulf, 1202x1207-1220 Robert, 1220Formerly abbot of Deer. Herbert, 1226-1251 Richard, 1251-1274 Andrew, 1275-1286Formerly prior of Pluscarden. Gilbert, 1296 Henry, x1316 Thomas Dere, 1316-1338 x 1344 Simon, 1346 Richard, 1362-1371 Adam de Tarras, 1389-1414 William de Blare, 1414-1429Became abbot of Coupar Angus. John Floter, 1431-1444 Henry Butre/Butoe, 1439-1444 John de Ellem, 1443-1467 James Guthrie, 1467-1481 John Pittendreich, 1478 William Galbraith, 1481-1490 Hugh Martini, 1490-1491 William Culross, 1491-1500 Andrew Forman, 1492 Thomas Crystall (Christopheri/Wawain), 1500-1528 Robert Reid, 1528-1553 Walter Reid, 1553-1587
List of commendators Edward Bruce, 1587-1601
Notes
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), p. 76 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. 131–34
See also Kinloss Abbey