The Abbot of Soulseat was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of

Soulseat Abbey Saulseat or Soulseat Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Wigtownshire, Galloway, in the Gaelic-speaking south-west of Scotland. History There is some evidence that Soulseat Abbey is ''Viride Stagnum'' ("green loch"), t ...

Galloway Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or ...

. 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, 1532-1545/6Resigned on pension; retained use of title until 1548 * 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

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

List of Cistercian abbots

List of Premonstratensian abbots

List of commendators

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