The Prior of May then Prior of Pittenweem (later Commendator of Pittenweem) was the
religious superior of the
Benedictine monks of
Isle of May Priory, which later moved to the mainland became called
Pittenweem Priory. The priory was originally based on the
Isle of May, but was moved by 1318 to its nearby mainland site of
Pittenweem,
Fife
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, passing from the overlordship of
Reading Abbey (Benedictine) to
St Andrews Cathedral Priory
St Andrews Cathedral Priory was a priory of Augustinian canons in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was one of the great religious houses in Scotland, and instrumental in the founding of the University of St Andrews.
History
Plans were made for it ...
(Augustinian). The following is a list of priors and
commendators:
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List of priors
* Achard, 1141x1150
* Robert, 1161 x 1162-1165 x 1166
* William, 1166x1171
* Hugh de Mortimer, 1198–1205
* John, 1206–1215
* Richard, 1221–1222
* Radulf, 1233
* John, 1248-1251
* William, 1251 x 1260
* Hugh, 1260–1269
* William de Gloucester, 1269–1270
* Thomas de Houburn, x 1306
* Jordan, 1309
* Martin, 1313–1318
* Adam de Pilmor, 1345
* Robert de Anderston, c. 1380
* Robert de Leuchars, 1405
* William Nory, 1402–1408; 1409-1419 x 1421
*
James de Haldeston
James Haldenston or James Haldenstoun (died 18 July 1443) was an Augustinian churchman from 15th-century Scotland. Probably from somewhere in eastern Fife, Haldenston became an Augustinian at St Andrews, earned several degrees on the continent, a ...
, 1407-1418
* John Litstar, 1418
* Thomas de Camera (Chalmers), 1419 x 1421-1447
* William Stury, 1421
*
James Kennedy, 1447-1465
* Walter Monypenny, 1465-1467
**
John Woodman, 1465-1477
*
Patrick Graham, 1466-1478
* Walter Davidson, 1477–1479, 1489
* Thomas Kymner, 1486
*
William Scheves, 1487-1497
List of commendators
*
Andrew Forman, 1495-1515 x 1521
* Robert Forman, 1516–1526
* John Roul, 1525–1553
* Adam Blackadder, 1531
* John de Moncreif, 1550–1551
*
James Stewart
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, 1550-1567
[As ]Commendator of St Andrews
The Prior of St Andrews was the head of the property and community of Augustinian canons of St Andrews Cathedral Priory, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was established by King David I in 1140 with canons from Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire. It is ...
.
*
Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, 1567–1573
* James Haliburton, 1575–1583
*
William Stewart of Houston, 1583-1603 x 1605
See also
*
Isle of May Priory
*
Pittenweem Priory
*
Adrian of May
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. 94–5
* 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. 143–9
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May
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May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...