The Abbot of Lindores (later Commendator of Lindores) was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Lindores Abbey in Fife (the nearby town of Newburgh was created by and belonged to the abbey). The position was created when the abbey was founded some time between 1190 and 1191 by King William the Lion's brother Prince David, Earl of Huntingdon, and Lord of Garioch. The following is a list of abbots and commendators. __NOTOC__
List of abbots Guy, 1191-1219 John, 1219-1244 Thomas, 1259-1273 John, 1273-1274 Nicholas, 1274-1282 John, 1287-1291 Thomas, 1296 Andrew de Lenna, x 1306 William, 1306x1307 Adam, 1331-1344x1346 William, 1358-1363 Roger, 1370-1380 John Steele, 1380 x 1381-1383 x 1390Was deprived of the position by the Pope in favour of William de Angus; he went on to become Prior of Coldingham. William de Angus, 1380-1395 John Steele (again), fl. 1402-1421Previously Prior of Coldingham and abbot-elect of Lindores. James de Rossy, 1425-1451 John Ramsay, 1457-1474 Andrew Cavers, 1475-1502 Henry Orme, 1502-1528 John Philp, 1523-1566
List of commendators John Lesley, 1566-1568 Patrick Leslie of Pitcairlie, 1st Lord Lindores, 1569-1600
Notes
Bibliography Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 69-70 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. 136-39
See also Lindores Abbey