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The Prior of St Mary's Isle (later Commendator of St Mary's Isle) was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of St Mary's Isle Priory, in
Kirkcudbrightshire Kirkcudbrightshire ( ) or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is one of the Counties of Scotland, historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Kirkcudbrightshire was an ...
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Galloway Galloway ( ; ; ) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the counties of Scotland, historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council areas of Scotland, council area of Dumfries and Gallow ...
. 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