Prior of Lesmahagow
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The Prior of Lesmahagow was the head of the medieval Tironensian
monastic community of Lesmahagow Priory
, located in modern South Lanarkshire
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
Tironensian
The Tironensian Order or the Order of Tiron was a Roman Catholic monastic order named after the location of the mother abbey in the woods of Tiron in Perche, some 35 miles west of Chartres in France)...
monastic community of Lesmahagow Priory
Lesmahagow Priory
Lesmahagow Priory was a medieval Tironensian monastic community located in modern South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded after John, Bishop of Glasgow and King David I of Scotland granted lands at Lesmahagow to Kelso Abbey with which to establish a new priory. It remained a dependency of Kelso...
, located in modern South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
List of priors
- Osbert, 1180
- Bricius, 1203
- Hugh de Liam, 1218 x 1220
- Waltheof (Waldeve), 1221 x 1226
- Thomas de Durham, x 1315
- John de Dalgarnock, 1348
- William, 1367 - 1369
- James Mador, 1468
- Richard Wylie, 1469 -1470
- Alexander Wedall, 1477
- John Clasinwricht, 1477 x 1509
- N., x1502
- Alexander Alani / Linton, 1502
- John Richardson, 1509