The Abbot of Cambuskenneth or Abbot of Stirling (later Commendator of Cambuskenneth) was the head of the Arrouaisian (Augustinian) monastic community of Cambuskenneth Abbey, near Stirling. The long history of the abbey came to a formal end when the abbey was turned into a secular lordship for the last commendator, Alexander Erskine.
The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots William, 1147–1150 Isaac, 1152/1153 Alured, 1152/1153–1171/1178 Nicholas, 1171/1182–1195 William, 1207–1235 Peter, 1235–1240 Richard, 1253–1269 Richard Grossus, 1269 John, 1287–1292 Patrick, 1295–1296 Michael, 1307 Gilbert, 1308/1310 Fergus, 1311 John, 1336 John de Kincardine, 1336 William, 1342 Adam, 1350 Gilbert, 1362–1363 William de Blackburn, 1390–1398 Patrick de Callendar, 1401–1434 David White, 1439–1443 David Kelly (Celle), 1445–1462 John, 1465 Henry Abercrombie, 1466–1502 Alexander Ruch (Ruthven), x 1469Became Prior of Inchmahome David Arnot, 1503–1509 Andrew MacBreck, 1509–1511/1513 Patrick Paniter (Painter), 1513–1519 Alexander Myln, 1519–1548
List of commendators David Paniter, 1549–1558Bishop of Ross (1545–58). Adam Erskine, 1562–1605 Alexander Livingstone, 1585 Alexander Erskine, 1608–1617
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), pp. 89–90 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. 24–8
See also Cambuskenneth Abbey