The Abbot of Coupar Angus (later Commendator of Coupar) was the head of the monastic community and lands of
Coupar Angus Abbey
Coupar Angus Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near Coupar Angus, in central Scotland, on the boundary between Angus and Gowrie.
It was founded on the old royal manor of Coupar in 1161 x 1162 with the patronage of Máel Coluim IV ("Malcolm IV" ...
, on the boundary between
Angus
Angus may refer to:
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* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
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* Angus, New South Wales
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* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
and
Gowrie
Gowrie ( gd, Gobharaidh) is a region in central Scotland and one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It covered the eastern part of what became Perthshire. It was located to the immediate east of Atholl, and originally included t ...
in
Scotland
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. The abbot David Bane (David Bayn) was granted the
mitre
The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in ...
in 1464. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.
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List of abbots
* Fulk, x1164-1170
* Ralph, 1171-1189
* Adam, 1189-1194
* Arnold, 1194-x1201
* William (I), 1201-1202
* Udard, 1202-1207
* Richard, 1207-1209
* Alexander, 1209-1240
* Gilbert, 1240-1243
*
William de Binin, 1243-1258
* William (III), 1258-1283
*
Andreas de Buchan
Andrew de Buchan (d. 1304?) was a Scottish Cistercian, bishop of Caithness from 1296.
He was Abbot of Coupar Angus by 1284. He paid homage to Edward I of England at Perth 24 July 1291, and at Berwick-on-Tweed 28 August 1296. He was nominated to t ...
, 1284-1296
[Became Bishop of Caithness.]
* Alan, x1300-1315x
* John Orwell, x1325-1341x1356
* Lambert, fl. 1356
* Walter, fl. 1387
* John de Ketnes, x1395-1419
* William de Ledhuys (Ledhouse), 1419-x1428
* Thomas de Furde, x1428-1429
* William de Blare, 1429-1453x1456
*
Thomas de Levingstone, 1456-1459
* John de Hudton, 1460-1461
* David Bane, 1461-1479x1483
* John Schanwell, 1479x1483-1506
* Robert Beaton, 1507
* William Turnbull, 1507-1524
** William Stewart, 1511-1512
** Thomas Hay, 1524-1525
** John (Alexander) Spens, 1524-1526 (elect only)
*
Donald Campbell
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...
1526-1562/3
List of commendators
* Leonard Leslie (I), 1563-1602
* George Foullertoun the Younger of Dunune, 1594
* Leonard Leslie (II), 1596-1598
* Andrew Lamb, 1603-1607
* Patrick Stirling, 1607
*
James Elphinstone, 1606-1607
Notes
Bibliography
* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., ''Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland
With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man'', Second edition, (London, 1976), pp. 73–4
* Easson, D. E., ''Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus'', 2 vols., Publications of the Scottish History Society. 3rd series ; v. 40-41, (Edinburgh, 1947)
* 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), pp. 43–7
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