Prior of Blantyre

The Prior of Blantyre (later Commendator of Blantyre) was the head of the medieval community of Augustinian canons based at Blantyre Priory (in modern South Lanarkshire). It was founded between 1239 and 1248, but the first prior is not known by name until 1296. Few of the priors are known thereafter until records become more extensive in the 16th century. The following is a list of known priors and commendators:

List of priors

William de Cokeburne, 1296–1304 John de Eglinton, 1380–1381 William Forfare, 1430 William Fressell, 1451 William Bassindene, 1451 - c. 1472 John Cavers, 1472 John Bassindene, 1472–1476 John Turnbull, 1476 William Busby, x 1489 William Bell, 1489–1508 John Aitkenhead, 1506 Robert Cottis, 1508–1536 John Cessford, 1509–1512 William Cottis, 1536 Robert Cottis junior, 1534–1536 James Salmond, 1536–1545 John Donaldi (mac Donald/Donaldson), 1538–1541 John Moncreif, 1538–1547 Thomas Hugonis, x 1543 John Roull, 1547–1549Was and remained Prior of Pittenweem (1525–1553). John Hamilton, 1549–1552 William Chrysyde (Chrinside), 1552–1567 John Hamilton, 1567

List of commendators

Walter Stewart, 1577–1599

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. 89 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. 21–4

See also Blantyre Priory Lord Blantyre