The Prior of Lesmahagow (later Commendator of Lesmahagow) was the head of the medieval Tironensian monastic community of Lesmahagow Priory, located in modern South Lanarkshire. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
List of priors
Osbert, 1180Became Abbot of Kelso. Bricius, 1203Became Bishop of Moray. Hugh de Liam, 1218 x 1220 Waltheof (Waldeve), 1221 x 1226 Thomas de Durham, x 1315An Englishman and probable appointee of the English crown; he seems to have held both this position and the Abbacy of Kelso. John de Dalgarnock, 1348May have become the Abbot of Kilwinning. William, 1367–1369 James Mador, 1468 Richard Wylie, 1469–1470 Alexander Wedall, 1477 John Clasinwricht, 1477 x 1509 N., x 1502Known only by initial. Alexander Alani / Linton, 1502 John Richardson, 1509
List of commendators
James Cunningham, 1561–1580Third youngest son of Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn. David Collace of Auchenforsyth, 1586
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. 69 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. 134–6