The Abbot of Newbattle (later Commendator of Newbattle) was the head of the
Cistercian monastic community of
Newbattle Abbey
Newbattle Abbey ( gd, Abaid a' Bhatail Nuaidh) was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently become a stately home and then an educational institution.
Monastery
It was founded in 1140 by ...
,
Midlothian. It was founded by
David I of Scotland
David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim ( Modern: ''Daibhidh I mac haoilChaluim''; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Mal ...
in 1140.
List of abbots
* Radulf, 1140-1147x1150
* Amfrid, 1159-1179
* Hugh, 1179-1201
* Adam, 1201-1213
* Alan, 1213-1214
* Richard, 1214-1216
*
Adam de Harcarres, 1216-1219
* Richard (I), 1219-1220
* Richard (II), 1220-1223
* Constantine, 1236
* Roger, 1236-1256
* William, 1256-1259
* Adam de Maxton, 1260-1261
* Guy, 1261-1269
* Waltheof, 1269 -1272
* Patrick (?)
* Walter (?)
* John, 1291-1296
* Gervase, 1306-1323
* William, 1328 -1345
* John de Wedel, 1329 x 1342
* Andrew, 1351
* William, 1356-1362
* Hugh de Moffet, 1366-1384 x 1392
* Nicholas, 1390
* John de Halis, 1392-1399
* John Gugy, 1402-1412x1413
* William de Manuel, 1412-1419
* Thomas de Langlandis, 1422
*
Thomas Livingston
Thomas Livingston (alternatively, Thomas de Levinstone or Thomas Livingstone) was a fifteenth-century Scottish cleric, diplomat, and delegate at the Council of Basel and advisor to Kings James I and James II of Scotland. He was additionally Abb ...
, 1422
* David Croyser, 1422-1432 x 1443
* Thomas de Lundie, 1443-1458
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* John de Creton (Crichton), 1474
* John Atkinsoune, 1478-1482 x 1488
* Peter, x 1489
* Andrew Langlands (Longant, Longlad), 1489-1503
* John Turnbull, 1503-1520
* Edward Schewill, 1520-1529
* James Haswell, 1529-1547 [1557]
[Had previously been elected Prior of Beauly.]
List of commendators
* Mark Kerr (abbot), Mark Kerr (I), 1547-1584
* Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Mark Kerr (II), 1567-1587
See also
*
Newbattle Abbey
Newbattle Abbey ( gd, Abaid a' Bhatail Nuaidh) was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently become a stately home and then an educational institution.
Monastery
It was founded in 1140 by ...
Notes
References
* 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), p. 77
* 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. 159–63
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