Abbot of Soulseat
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The Abbot of Soulseat was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Soulseat Abbey
in Galloway
. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
Soulseat Abbey
Saulseat or Soulseat Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Wigtownshire, Galloway, in the Gaelic-speaking south-west of Scotland. It was regarded as the first and the senior Premonstratensian house in the Kingdom of Scotland...
in Galloway
Galloway
Galloway is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire...
. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of Premonstratensian abbots
- Michael of Bangor
- None of the abbots before 1273 known by name
- John, 1273
- More than a century with no known abbot
- Fionnlagh (Finlay), 1386-1393
- Patrick McChaquhirky, 1452-1458
- Gilbert MacUlnan (MacWilnane), 1458-1464 x 1486
- Patrick MacCulloch 1486
- Quentin Vaus 1493-1527
- David Vaus 1525-1532
List of commendators
- James Johnstone, 1532-1545/6
- John Johnstone I, 1545-1567
- Opposed by James Kennedy, 1548, 1555
- John Johnstone II, 1584-1598
- John Kennedy, 1598
- John Johnstone III, 1599
- William Adair, 1601
- John Hamilton, 1612-1630