Prior of Lesmahagow
ThePrior of Lesmahagow(laterCommendator of Lesmahagow) was the head of the medievalTironensianmonastic community ofLesmahagow Priory,located in modernSouth Lanarkshire.The following is a list of priors and commendators:
List of priors[edit]
- Osbert, 1180[1]
- Bricius,1203[2]
- Hugh de Liam, 1218 x 1220
- Waltheof (Waldeve), 1221 x 1226
- Thomas de Durham, x 1315[3]
- John de Dalgarnock, 1348[4]
- William, 1367–1369
- James Mador, 1468
- Richard Wylie, 1469–1470
- Alexander Wedall, 1477
- John Clasinwricht, 1477 x 1509
- N., x 1502[5]
- Alexander Alani / Linton, 1502
- John Richardson, 1509
List of commendators[edit]
- James Cunningham, 1561–1580[6]
- David Collace of Auchenforsyth, 1586
Notes[edit]
- ^BecameAbbot of Kelso.
- ^BecameBishop of Moray.
- ^An Englishman and probable appointee of the English crown; he seems to have held both this position and the Abbacy of Kelso.
- ^May have become theAbbot of Kilwinning.
- ^Known only by initial.
- ^Third youngest son ofAlexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn.
Bibliography[edit]
- Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E.,Medieval Religious Houses: ScotlandWith 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
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