The Abbot of Dundrennan was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Dundrennan Abbey

Dundrennan Abbey

Dundrennan Abbey, in Dundrennan, Scotland, near to Kirkcudbright, was a Cistercian monastery in the Romanesque architectural style, established in 1142 by Fergus of Galloway, King David I of Scotland , and monks from Rievaulx Abbey....

, Galloway

Galloway

Galloway is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire...

. It was founded by Fergus of Galloway

Fergus of Galloway

Fergus of Galloway was King, or Lord, of Galloway from an unknown date , until his death in 1161. He was the founder of that "sub-kingdom," the resurrector of the Bishopric of Whithorn, the patron of new abbeys , and much else besides...

 in 1142. Dundrennan was a large and powerful monastery in the context of the south-west. It became secularised and protestanised in the 16th century. In 1606 it was finally turned into a secular lordship in for John Murray of Lochmaben, afters earl of Annandale. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

List of abbots

• Silvanus, fl. 1167
• William, 1180
• Nicholas, l196 x 1200
• [? Egidius], fl. 13th century
• Gaufridus (Geoffrey), 1209 x 1222
• Robert Matursal, 1223 x 1224
• Jordan, 1236
• Leonius, 1236–1239
• Ricardus (Richard), 1239
• Adam I, 1250
• Brian, 1250–1273
• Adam II, 1294
• Walter, 1296
• John, 1305
• William, 1332
• Giles, 1347 - 1358 x 1381
• Thomas, 1381
• Patrick MacMen, x 1426
• Thomas de Levinstone, 1429
• Patrick Maligussal [Maxwell], 1431
• Thomas de Levinstone
  Thomas Livingston
  Thomas Livingston was a fifteenth century Scottish cleric, diplomat, and delegate at the Council of Basel and advisor to Kings James I and James II of Scotland...
  
   (again), x1440-1454
  • Alexander Brady, 1441
  • John Hunter, 1441
• William Lowierii (Lilburn), 1454–1472
• John Fuogo [Fogo], c. 1473-1476
• Alexander Pettigrew, x 1474-1479
• John Lockhart, 1476
• Hugh Foulis, 1479
• William Bewister, 1485
• Edward Story (Edward Meldrum), 1488–1515
  • Robert Hunter, 1490
• James Hay
  James Hay (bishop)
  James Hay O. Cist. was a Cistercian abbot and bishop important in the early 16th century Kingdom of Scotland. At some stage in his life he achieved a doctorate in decrees , enabling him to be styled D...
  
  , 1516-1524
  • John Dingwall, 1518
  • Adam Symson, 1518
  • Edward Bangal, 1519
• John Maxwell, fl. 1524
• Cristofer Boyd, fl. 1526-1527

List of commendators

• Henry Wemyss
  Henry Wemyss
  Henry Wemyss was a prelate from the 16th century Kingdom of Scotland. He appears in the sources in the bishopric of Galloway for the first time in 1517, and rose to become Bishop of Galloway in 1526, a position he held until his death in 1541....
  
  , 1529-1541
• Adam Blackadder, 1541–1562
• Edward Maxwell, 1562–1599
• John Murray of Lochmaben, 1599–1606