The Abbot of Soulseat was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Soulseat Abbey in Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of Cistercian abbots
- Michael of Bangor, fl. c. 1148
List of Premonstratensian abbots
- Michael of Bangor
- 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
- James Johnstone of Wamphray, 1532-1545/6
- 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
- Probably from Bangor; appointed by St Malachy as head of the Cistercian community
- Recorded in the Obituary 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
- 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
See also
Senior churchmen of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)  | |
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