The Abbot of Jedburgh (previously Prior of Jedburgh, later Commendator of Jedburgh) was the head of the Augustinian canons of Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire. It was founded by King David I of Scotland in 1138, and David's grandson and successor Máel Coluim IV ensured its promotion to the status of abbey before 1156. The position was secularized in the 16th century, and in 1606 turned into a secular lordship for the last commendator, Alexander Home, now earl of Home.
The following is a list of priors, abbots and commendators:
List of priors Daniel, fl. 1139 Osbert, 1153x1156-1174
List of abbots Osbert (same), 1153 x 1156-1174 Richard, 1174-1192 Radulf, 1192-1205 Hugh, 1205-1209x1211Previously Prior of Restenneth. Peter, 1220 Henry, 1239 Philip, 1239-1249 Robert de Gyseburne, 1249 Nicholas de Prenderlathe, 1249–1275. John Morel, 1275–1296, 1299 ? William de Jarum, 1296-1319Loyalist of the English crown during the First War of Scottish Independence. Robert Marshal, 1319-1332 John de Eskdale, 1338-1354 Robert, 1358-1392 John de Dryden, 1408 Thomas de Eskdale, 1411Previously Prior of Restenneth. Walter Pyle, 1422-1455 John de Bolden, 1426 Andrew Bontoun (or Bolton), 1463-1464 x 1468 John Woodman, 1468-1476 Robert Turnbull, 1476-1478Had been claiming title since 1468. John Hall, 1478-1479 William Forester, 1480/81-1484 Hugh Douglas, 1482Previously Abbot of Dryburgh. Robert Archison (Atkinson), 1483-1488 Thomas Cranston, 1484-1501 Robert Blackadder, 1484, 1502-1505As Archbishop of Glasgow. Henry Alanson, 1505-1512 John Lynne (or John Home), 1512-1549
List of commendators Andrew Home, 1547-1593 Alexander Home, 1597-1606
Notes
Bibliography Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 92 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. 116–20
See also Earl of Home Jedburgh Abbey