The Prior of Urquhart was the head of the
Benedictine
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monastic community of
Urquhart Priory in
Moray. The Priory of Urquhart was merged with the
Priory of Pluscarden
Pluscarden Abbey is a Catholic Benedictine monastery in the glen of the Black Burn, southwest of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. It was founded in 1230 by Alexander II for the Valliscaulian Order.
In 1454, following a merger with the priory of Urquha ...
in 1454. The following is a list of priors and commendators:
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List of priors
* Richard, 1199 x 1200-1207 x 1208
* Thomas, 1226–1232
* William (I), 1237–1239
* John, 1248
* William (II) de Rathen, 1260/63-1295
* William (III) Butyrgak (Buttergask), 1343
* John Black, 1351 x
* Michael de Inverkeithing, 1358
* Robert, 1370
* Adam de Haddington, 1388–1391
* John Mason, 1388
* William de Busby, 1391
* John de Torry, 1388
* Thomas de Dunfermline, 1395
* William de Anderston, 1413
* Robert de Dolas, 1416–1418
* Gilbert Smert, 1416
* William de Dalketh, 1416–1418
* Andrew Rabuzy (Raeburn?), 1418-1430
[Previously the titular ]Prior of Coldingham
The Prior of Coldingham was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Coldingham Priory in Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotl ...
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* Richard Bothwell, 1418
* John Schaw, 1430
* William Broun, 1430–1445
* William Durward, 1433–1434
* John Tenalay (Benally), 1445–1454
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. 61
* 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. 213–16
See also
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Abbot of Dunfermline
The Prior, then Abbot and then Commendator of Dunfermline was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. The abbey itself was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland, but was of earlier origin. King ...
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Prior of Pluscarden
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Urquhart Priory
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