The Prior of Inchmahome (later, Commendator of Inchmahome) was the head of the community of

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Inchmahome Priory Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome, the largest of three islands in the centre of the Lake of Menteith, close to Aberfoyle, Stirling, Aberfoyle, Scotland. The name "Inchmahome" comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''Innis MoCholmaig ...

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Inchmahome Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig ("my-Colmac's island"), is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire. History Inchmahome is best known as the location of Inchmahome Priory and for the attendant p ...

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Lake of Menteith Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig''), is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling (the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream from Stirling). ...

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List of priors

* Adam, fl 1296 *

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abbot of Inchaffray The Abbot of Inchaffray, before 1221 Prior of Inchaffray, and then by the end of the 15th century, the Commendator of Inchaffray, was the head of the community of Augustinian canons of Inchaffray Abbey and their lands. Inchaffray is in Strathea ...

. * Cristin, x 1309–1319 x * ''A century of unknown priors'' * Patrick de Port, x 1419 * Patrick de Cardross 1419/21–1445 * Thomas de Arbroath, 1419–1420 * Maurice de Cardross, 1445 * Gilbert de Camera, 1450–1468 x 1469 * David Noble, 1468 * Sir Thomas Dog, 1469–1477 * John Cavers, 1470–1473 * Alexander Ruch, 1474–1479 * Walter Drummond, 1477 * John Ruch, 1479

List of commendators

* David Ballon (Henryson), 1479–1517 * Peter Mason, 1480 * John Edmonston, 1481 * Patrick Mentcher, 1492 * Andrew Ballon, 1517–1529 * Robert Erskine, 1529–1537 * John Erskine, 1537–1556 * David Erskine, 1556–1605 * Henry Stewart, 1584

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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. 91–2 * 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. 108–11

List of priors

List of commendators

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