• Source: Abbot of Glenluce

    • The Abbot of Glenluce (later, Commendator of Glenluce) was the head of the monastic community of Glenluce Abbey, Galloway. The monastery was founded in 1192 by monks from Dundrennan Abbey with the patronage of Lochlann (Roland), Lord of Galloway. In the 16th century the monastery increasingly came under the control of secular warlords. In 1560 the monastery was occupied by James Gordon of Lochinvar (brother of the recently deceased commendator), and the monks were expelled. However, soon after, Thomas Hay, a follower of the earl of Cassillis (Lochinvar's enemy), was installed in the monastery as commendator and the monks were allowed to return. However, monastic life seems to have disappeared by the end of the century. In 1602 parliament granted the lands of the monastery to Lawrence Gordon as a secular lordship. The abbey was finally given to the bishop of Galloway in 1619. The following is a list of abbots and abbot-commendators:


    List of abbots


    William, fl. 1214-1216
    John, fl. 1222
    Gilbert, 1222 x 1233-1233
    Robert, fl. 1236
    Michael I, 1236-1243
    Alan Musarde, fl. 1244
    Godfrey, fl. 1273
    Alexander de Northberwic, fl. 1329
    Bede, fl. 1347
    Adam, fl. 1381
    John White, fl. x 1486
    Andrew Ramsay, fl. 1486
    Michael II, fl. 1493-1499


    List of commendators


    Robert Beaton, 1500-1509
    Richard Rinayd, 1507
    Dominic Grimani, 1509-1520
    Quintin MacCalbert, 1509 x 1512
    [Gille?] Cuthbert Baillie, 1512-1513
    Gilbert Strachan, 1512
    Peter de Accoltis, 1513
    David Hamilton, 1513-1519
    Alexander Cunningham, 1513-1518 x 1519
    Walter Malim, 1519-1556
    James Gordon, 1547-1559
    Thomas Hay, 1560-1575
    Gilbert Moncrieff, 1581-1582
    Laurence Gordon, 1582-1602
    William Gordon, 1582


    Notes




    Bibliography


    Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), p. 75
    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. 86–90

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