Prior of St Mary's Isle

The Prior of St Mary's Isle (later Commendator of St Mary's Isle) was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of St Mary's Isle Priory, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway. The following is a list of priors and commendators:

List of priors

William, x 1220 David, 1273 William de Kars, 1347 Stephen de Malcarston, 1381-1406 Patrick Wotherspoon, 1423-1426Became Abbot of Holyrood. John de Inverkeithing, 1423 Richard de Aberdour, 1424 Henry de Dryden, 1424-1426 James Cameron, 1426-1446Became Abbot of Holyrood. John de Wardlaw, 1446-1481 Robert Bellenden (Ballantyne), 1481-1484 John Crawford, 1484-1512 x 1515 William Crawford, 1501 John Crichton, 1515-1525 George Crichton, 1525-1526Abbot of Holyrood; became Bishop of Dunkeld. David Douglas, 1526 William Douglas, 1526-1528 John Campbell, 1526 Adam Blackadder, 1527 John Lamb, 1528 John Leslie, 1528 Gavin Leslie, 1528 John Campbell (again), 1528 Robert Erskine, 1528-1532

List of commendators

John Douglas, 1528-1536 David de Voyles, 1530 David Paniter, 1536-1547Became Bishop of Ross. Nicholas Williamson, 1536 Robert Stirling, 1546-1558 William Heslop, 1558 Robert Richardson, 1558-1566 John Wilson, 1558 John Stevenson, 1561 William Rutherford, 1566-1587

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. 96-7 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. 193-7

See also Abbot of Holyrood St Mary's Isle Priory