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The Prior of St Mary's Isle (later Commendator of St Mary's Isle) was the head of the
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monastic community of St Mary's Isle Priory, in
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. 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, 1426-1446Became Abbot of Holyrood. * 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, 1536-1547Became Bishop of Ross. ** Nicholas Williamson, 1536 * Robert Stirling, 1546-1558 * William Heslop, 1558 * Robert Richardson, 1558-1566 * John Wilson, 1558 * John Stevenson, 1561 * William Rutherford, 1566-1587


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. 96-7 * 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. 193-7


See also

* Abbot of Holyrood * St Mary's Isle Priory {{DEFAULTSORT:Prior of Saint Mary's Isle Saint Mary's Isle History of Galloway Saint Mary's Isle