Abbot of Tongland

The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

List of abbots Helias, 1209x1222 Alexander, 1273-1296 Walter, 1332-1347 Gilbert, 1381 Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439 Gilbert MacDowell, 1458 Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473Became Prior of Whithorn some time before 1477. William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479 Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481 William Wylie, x 1481 Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483 Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509

List of commendators David Arnot, 1509-1526As Bishop of Galloway (1506–25). William Stewart, 1529-1531 Henry Wemyss, 1530-1541Became Abbot of Dundrennan (1529–41). Andrew Dury, 1541-1558As Abbot of Melrose 1525–1541; became Bishop of Galloway (1541–58) Alexander Gordon, 1559-1575Also Archbishop of Glasgow (1550–1), Bishop of Galloway (1559–72) and Bishop of the Isles (1553–72). Archibald Crawford, 1564 John Gordon, 1576-1586Bishop of Galloway (1575–1586). Roger Gordon, 1578Bishop of Galloway (1578x1579-1586/7). George Gordon, 1586-1588Bishop of Galloway (1586/7-88). William Melville, 1588-1613

Notes

Bibliography Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969) 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), p. 210-13

See also Tongland Abbey