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 Strathearn, in southern Perthshire, Scotland. The house was founded by Gille Brigte (Gilbert), mormaer of Strathearn in 1200 as a priory and was elevated to an abbey in 1221. By the late 15th century the monastery was becoming secularized. and after the resignation of Abbot George Mureff (Murray) in 1495, Laurence, Lord Oliphant, took over as commendator and thereafter it was held by commendators. It was turned into a secular lordship for Commendator James Drummond, Lord Maddertie, but the final formalization of the lordship did not come until 1669, when it was given to William Drummond.
List of priors of Inchaffray
Maol Íosa, 1200
John, 1212x1214
Alpín (Elphin), 1219–1220
Innocent, 1220–1221
List of abbots of Inchaffray
Innocent (continuing as abbot), 1221-1235x
Nicholas, 1239–1240
Alan, 1258–1271
Hugh, 1284–1292
Thomas, 1296
Maurice, 1304 x 1305–1322
Cristin, 1322–x 1358
John, 1358–1363
William (I), 1363
Symon de Scone, x 1365
John, 1365
William (II), 1370
John de Kelly, 1373
William de Culross, 1380–1387
William Franklyn, 1399–1414
Patrick de Lome, 1414
Donald (?de Dunfermline), 1417–1430
John Lange, 1429
John de Treloch, 1429–1430
Robert Beaton, 1430
William de Crannach, 1430–1433
John de Moravia, 1435–1445
Nicholas Fethkill, 1458–1462
George Mureff (Murray), 1458–1492/5
William Haddington, 1463–1482
List of commendators of Inchaffray
Laurence Oliphant, 1495–1513
Peter Accoltis, 1513–1514
Alexander Stewart de Pitcairne, 1514–1537
Gavin Dunbar, 1538–1547
John Hamilton, 1547–1551
Alexander Gordon, 1551–1566
James Drummond, 1565–1610
Notes
Bibliography
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