• Source: Abbot of Dercongal

    • The Abbot of Dercongal or Abbot of Holywood (later Commendator of Holywood) was the head of the Premonstratensian monastic community of Dercongal Abbey (or Holywood Abbey as it was later called). The history of the abbots of the house is obscure and very few are known by name. The following is a list of abbots and commendators who are known:


    List of known abbots



    Odo Ydonc, 1225
    Dungald, 1296
    Walter, 1356-1372
    William Adougan, 1394-1415
    Thomas Adunyl, 1432
    Nicholas Bilsack, 1474-1491
    John Douglas, 1485-1491
    John MacCanish, 1490
    John Welch, 1491-1507 x 1519
    John Maxwell, 1516-1523


    List of known commendators


    William Kennedy, 1524-1540
    Thomas Campbell, 1548-1579
    James Johnston of Dunskellie, 1580-1600
    John Johnston of Castlemilk, 1600-1617
    Thomas Forrester, 1617


    Notes




    Bibliography


    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. 97-9


    See also


    Dercongal Abbey

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