Prior of Restenneth
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The Prior of Restenneth was the head of the Augustinian
canons
of Restenneth Priory
, Angus
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
canons
Canon (priest)
A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
of Restenneth Priory
Restenneth Priory
Restenneth Priory was a monastic house of Augustinian canons founded by Jedburgh Abbey, with the patronage of King Malcolm IV of Scotland, in 1153. Although there is little literary evidence, archaeological evidence strongly indicates that there was a monastery at Restenneth from very early times...
, Angus
Angus
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
List of priors
- Robert, 1147x1159-1162
- William, 1178- 1189x1194
- Hugh, 1198-1205
- Berengar, 1206
- John, 1219x1238
- Germanus, 1218 x , 1224 x
- William, 1267
- A[???], x1292
- Robert, 1296
- William, 1317x1321
- Bernard, 1320
- John de Eskdale, 1324 x 1327-1330
- Alexander de Falkirk, 1347-1369
- John Marsyale, 1388
- Thomas de Eskdale, 1408
- James de Keith, 1411-1419
- John Hunter, 1430
- Nicholas Crawford, 1445 xc. 1464
- James Dunmain (Dunmanning), c.1464 - 1470
- Henry Barrie, 1465 -1466
- John WoodmanJohn WoodmanJohn Woodman [Wodman] was a 15th century churchman based in the Kingdom of Scotland. Woodman was a canon of the diocese of St Andrews, and as such was locally made Prior of Pittenweem on the death of the previous prior, James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews; however, he was opposed by one Walter...
, 1465 x 1468
- William Lindsay, 1470 -1471 x 1476
- William Forfar, 1474
- William Rutherford, 1484 -1494
- Thomas Kinnear, 1490 -1492
- Alexander Farnese, 1494
- David Guthrie, 1494
- Alexander Menteith, 1494-1516
- Thomas Nudre, 1513-1523
- John Hovinan (Home), 1523-1547
- David Douglas, 1530 -1533
- Robert Cottis, 1531-1534