Abbot of Cambuskenneth
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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 abbot
s and commendators:
Arrouaise (Abbey and Order)
The Abbey of Arrouaise was the centre of a form of the Augustinian monastic rule, the Arrouaisian Order, which was popular among the founders of abbeys during the decade of the 1130s. The community began to develop when Heldemar joined the hermit Ruggerius in 1090 but its first abbot, elected in...
(Augustinian
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
) monastic community of Cambuskenneth Abbey
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Cambuskenneth Abbey is a ruined Augustinian monastery located on an area of land enclosed by a meander of the River Forth near Stirling in Scotland. The abbey is largely reduced to its foundations. The neighbouring modern village of Cambuskenneth is named after it.Cambuskenneth Abbey was founded...
, near Stirling
Stirling
Stirling is a city and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling council area. The city is clustered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth...
. 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 abbot
Abbot
The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
s and commendators:
List of abbots
- William, 1147-1150
- Isaac, 1152x1153
- Alured, 1152x1153-1171x1178
- Nicholas, 1171x1182-1195
- William, 1207-x 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 1469
- David ArnotDavid ArnotDavid Arnot O. S. A. was a 16th century Scottish Augustinian abbot and bishop. He was from the Arnot family of Arnot, Fife.-Archdeacon of Lothian:...
, 1503-1509 - Andrew MacBreck, 1509-1511x1513
- Patrick PaniterPatrick PaniterPatrick Paniter Scottish churchman and principal secretary to James IV of Scotland and the infant James V. The surname is usually written Paniter, or Painter, or occasionally Panter....
(Painter), 1513-1519 - Alexander Mylne, 1519-1548
List of commendators
- David Paniter, 1549-1558
- Adam Erskine, 1562-1605
- Alexander Livingstone, 1585
- Alexander Erskine, 1608-1617