Abbot of Kilwinning
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The Abbot of Kilwinning was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Kilwinning Abbey
, Cunningham
(now in North Ayrshire
), founded sometime between 1162 and 1167. The patron is not known for certain, but it is likely to have been Richard de Morville
, Lord of Cunningham. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.
Kilwinning Abbey
Kilwinning Abbey is a ruined abbey located in the centre of the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.-The establishment of the Abbey:The ancient name of the town is 'Segdoune' or 'Saigtown', probably derived from 'Sanctoun', meaning the 'town of the saint'. Saint Winnings festival was on 21 January...
, Cunningham
Cunninghame
Cunninghame is a former comital district of Scotland and also a district of the Strathclyde Region from 1975–1996.-Historic Cunninghame:The historic district of Cunninghame was bordered by the districts of Renfrew and Clydesdale to the north and east respectively, by the district of Kyle to the...
(now in North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland with a population of roughly 136,000 people. It is located in the south-west region of Scotland, and borders the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north-east and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the East and South...
), founded sometime between 1162 and 1167. The patron is not known for certain, but it is likely to have been Richard de Morville
Richard de Morville
Richard de Morville , succeeded his father Hugh de Morville as Constable of Scotland and in his Scottish estates and English lands at Bozeat in Northamptonshire, and Rutland, as well as a number of feus of the Honour of Huntingdon....
, Lord of Cunningham. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.
List of abbots
- Rainer, 1186x1189
- Nigel (?Niall), 1201-1210
- John, 1221x1230
- BernardBernard of KilwinningBernard was a Tironensian abbot, administrator and bishop active in late 13th- and early 14th-century Scotland, during the First War of Scottish Independence...
, 1296 - Roger, 1296x1305
- Adam, 1312-1327
- William de DeynWilliam de DeynWilliam de Deyn [de la Deyn] was a 14th century Scottish monk and cleric. Little can be said about Deyn's early life. He had obtained a licentiate in decrees at some point in his youth, and he must have become a Tironensian monk, for by 1329, and perhaps as early as 1327, he was Abbot of Kilwinning...
, 1327 x 1329-1344 - John de Dalgarno, 1344-1346
- Robert, 1360-1367
- John, 1384
- Bryce MacMakyn, 1407
- Adam, 1407 - 1439
- William Boyd, 1443-1474
- William Bunche, 1474 -1513
- John Forman, 1512 -1514
List of commendators
- James BeatonJames BeatonDr. James Beaton was a Scottish church leader, the uncle of Dr. David Cardinal Beaton and the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland....
, 1513-1524 - John Cantlie, 1521
- John Hamilton, 1524
- George Betoun, 1526-1527
- Alexander Hamilton, 1527-1547
- Henry SinclairHenry Sinclair (bishop)Henry Sinclair , lord-president of the court of session and bishop of Ross.Henry Sinclair was brother of Oliver Sinclair. He studied at St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews and was appointed lord of session, 1537. In 1541 he was named abbot or perpetual commendator of the abbey of Kilwinning...
, 1541-1550 - Gavin Hamilton, 1550-1571
- Alexander Cunningham, 1571-1585
- James Cunningham, 1585
- William Melville, 1591-1592