Prior of Restenneth

The Prior of Restenneth (later Commendator of Restenneth) was the head of the Augustinian canons of Restenneth Priory, Angus. The following is a list of priors and commendators:

List of priors

Robert, 1147x1159-1162 William, 1178- 1189x1194 Hugh, 1198-1205Became abbot of Jedburgh (1205-x 1211). Berengar, 1206 John, 1219x1238 Germanus, 1218 x, 1224 x William, 1267 A[???], x1292Known only by initial. Robert, 1296 William, 1317x1321 Bernard, 1320 John de Eskdale, 1324 x 1327-1330Became abbot of Jedburgh (1338-1354). Alexander de Falkirk, 1347-1369 John Marsyale, 1388 Thomas de Eskdale, 1408Became abbot of Jedburgh (1411-x 1422). James de Keith, 1411-1419 John Hunter, 1430 Nicholas Crawford, 1445 xc. 1464 James Dunmain (Dunmanning), c.1464 - 1470 Henry Barrie, 1465 -1466 John Woodman, 1465 x 1468Became abbot of Jedburgh (1468-1476). William Lindsay, 1470 -1471 x 1476 William Forfar, 1474 William Rutherford, 1484 -1494 Thomas Kinnear, 1490 -1492 Alexander Farnese, 1494 David Guthrie, 1494 Alexander Menteith, 1494-1516 Thomas Nudre, 1513-1523 John Hovinan (Home), 1523-1547Was abbot of Jedburgh (1512-1549). David Douglas, 1530 -1533 Robert Cottis, 1531-1534Previously prior of Blantyre.

List of commendators

Andrew Home, 1547-1593Was abbot of Jedburgh (1547-1593).

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. 95-6 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. 182–86

See also Restenneth Priory