Prior of St Mary's Isle
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The Prior of St Mary's Isle (later Commendator of St Mary's Isle) was the head of the Augustinian
monastic community of St Mary's Isle Priory
, in Kirkcudbrightshire
, Galloway
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
monastic community of St Mary's Isle Priory
St Mary's Isle Priory
St Mary's Isle Priory was a monastic house of Augustinian canons located on the Isle of Trail or St Mary's Isle in Galloway. It is alleged to have originated in an endowment of the island by King Fergus of Galloway in favour of Holyrood Abbey...
, in Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire was a county of south-western Scotland. It was also known as East Galloway, forming the larger Galloway region with Wigtownshire....
, Galloway
Galloway
Galloway is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire...
. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
List of priors
- William, x 1220
- David, 1273
- William de Kars, 1347
- Stephen de Malcarston, 1381-1406
- Patrick Wotherspoon, 1423-1426
- John de Inverkeithing, 1423
- Richard de Aberdour, 1424
- Henry de Dryden, 1424-1426
- James Cameron, 1426-1446
- John de Wardlaw, 1446-1481
- Robert Bellenden (Ballantyne), 1481-1484
- John Crawford, 1484-1512 x 1515
- William Crawford, 1501
- John Crichton, 1515-1525
- George Crichton, 1525-1526
- David Douglas, 1526
- William Douglas, 1526-1528
- John Campbell, 1526
- Adam Blackadder, 1527
- John Lamb, 1528
- John Leslie, 1528
- Gavin Leslie, 1528
- John Campbell (again), 1528
- Robert Erskine, 1528-1532
List of commendators
- John Douglas, 1528-1536
- David de Voyles, 1530
- David Paniter, 1536-1547
- Nicholas Williamson, 1536
- Robert Stirling, 1546-1558
- William Heslop, 1558
- Robert RichardsonRobert Richardson (Scottish)Robert Richardson was a Scottish Prior of St Mary's Isle and royal administrator.-Biography:He was the son of Robert Richardson, burgess of Jedburgh . His great grandfather arrived in Scotland in 1424 in the reign of James I...
, 1558-1566 - John Wilson, 1558
- John Stevenson, 1561
- William Rutherford, 1566-1587