The Abbot of Lindores was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Lindores Abbey

Lindores Abbey

Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a much reduced and overgrown ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about north of the village of Lindores....

, Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

 (the nearby town of Newburgh

Newburgh, Fife

Newburgh is a royal burgh of Fife, Scotland having a population of 2040 . Newburgh has grown little since 1901 when the population was counted at 1904 persons....

 was created by and belonged to the abbey). The position was created when the abbey was founded sometime between 1190 and 1191 by King William the Lion

William I of Scotland

William the Lion , sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214...

's brother Prince David

David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon

David of Scotland was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon. He was a claimant to the Scottish throne.-Life:He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His...

, Earl of Huntingdon

Earl of Huntingdon

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 and Lord of Garioch. The following is a list of abbots and commendators.

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 1390
• William de Angus, 1380-1395
• John Steele (again), fl. 1402-1421
• 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
  John Lesley
  John Lesley was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch.-Early career:...
  
  , 1566-1568
• Patrick Leslie
  Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
  Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores was a member of the Scottish nobility. He was the second son of Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes, and his first wife, Grizel Hamilton...
  
  of Pitcairlie, 1569-1600