Abbot of Soulseat
Appearance
TheAbbot of Soulseatwas the head of thePremonstratensian(originallyCistercian) monastic community ofSoulseat AbbeyinGalloway.The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of Cistercian abbots
[edit]- Michael of Bangor, fl. c. 1148[1]
List of Premonstratensian abbots
[edit]- Michael of Bangor[2]
- None of the abbots before 1273 known by name
- John, 1273
- More than a century with no known abbot
- Fionnlagh (Finlay), 1386-1393
- Patrick McChaquhirky, 1452-1458
- Gilbert MacUlnan (MacWilnane), 1458-1464 x 1486
- Patrick MacCulloch 1486
- Quentin Vaus 1493-1527
- David Vaus 1525-1532
List of commendators
[edit]- James Johnstone of Wamphray, 1532-1545/6[3]
- John Johnstone I, 1545-1567
- Opposed by James Kennedy, 1548, 1555
- John Johnstone II, 1584-1598
- John Kennedy, 1598
- John Johnstone III, 1599
- William Adair, 1601
- John Hamilton, 1612-1630
Notes
[edit]- ^Probably from Bangor; appointed bySt Malachyas head of the Cistercian community
- ^Recorded in theObituary of Prémontré as the "first abbot of our abbots in Galloway". Probably refers to the same Michael.
- ^Resigned on pension; retained use of title until 1548
Bibliography
[edit]- 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), p. 204-6