Abbot of Tongland facts for kids
The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots
- Helias, 1209x1222
- Alexander, 1273-1296
- Walter, 1332-1347
- Gilbert, 1381
- Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
- Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
- Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473
- William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479
- Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481
- William Wylie, x 1481
- Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483
- Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509
List of commendators
- David Arnot, 1509-1526
- William Stewart, 1529-1531
- Henry Wemyss, 1530-1541
- Andrew Dury, 1541-1558
- Alexander Gordon, 1559-1575
- Archibald Crawford, 1564
- John Gordon, 1576-1586
- Roger Gordon, 1578
- George Gordon, 1586-1588
- William Melville, 1588-1615
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